As others have said, humor can be found virtually anywhere on the internet. Hacker News is one of the few places where I know that if I see a few comments on an

As others have said, humor can be found virtually anywhere on the internet. Hacker News is one of the few places where I know that if I see a few comments on an article, there will be actual meaningful discussion of the content rather than easy joke sniping. One reason why I've grown to like HN better than reddit is that I never know what the top comment will be, except that it will usually be a decent and generally well thought out opinion on the topic. On reddit (and other sites, I'm using reddit as an example since I'm familiar with it), the top comment is almost always an mildly amusing joke that I can predict the subject of, if not get it word for word. Anywhere on the internet, I can find laughs, but I come to Hacker News to think.