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people don't like jokes here, but it was worth it.

charliesome 9y ago
It's not that we don't like jokes - it's that this joke is an easy and boring joke to make. More importantly, it's downright hostile to many people in our community.
- hakkk 9y ago
  >it's downright hostile to many people in our community Such as? Attack helicopters?
- arkona2 9y ago
  > More importantly, it's downright hostile to many people in our community. How?
  - jlebrech 9y ago
    because the mushroom got triggered, and it makes fun of people getting triggered, somehow that makes it "hostile"
- Void_ 9y ago
  HN is full of liberals who believe gender is only in your mind.
  - owebmaster 9y ago
    But only in their minds. If in my mind gender is binary, I'm wrong.
    - rainbowmverse 9y ago
      Correct. Your opinion of another person's experience does not invalidate their experience.
      - arkona2 9y ago
        I disagree with this argument. If I go around telling people I am the reincarnation of Napoleon, and insist to be called “Your Excellency”, sooner or later I will be committed to a mental institution. The subjective experience of an individual cannot serve as a basis for reality. EDIT: of course, there is no answer to this, only downvotes. Trying to discuss this subject is more and more like trying to discuss a religious doctrine.
owebmaster 9y ago
People don't like the jokes they don't like here. But if you joke about trump, man, it might get you very far here.
- Lewton 9y ago
  I honestly don't think you're right. Do you have an example?
  - owebmaster 9y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13595222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13595222 "Perfect execution, great, great job." "That is brilliant!" "Interesting -- great idea! I'll have to think about the right way to implement that."
    - sctb 9y ago
      That post got an account and a site banned from Hacker News. Not exactly the way to go very far.
      - owebmaster 9y ago
        We were talking about the audience, not moderation
gooseus 9y ago
There are so many places to go online for social validation of low effort one-liners. I appreciate humor and even some snark in comments, but come on. I come here for signal, it's one of the few places I know that still has a high signal/noise ratio. It's decreasing to be sure, but it'd be nice to keep it as high as possible for as long as possible.

It's not that we don't like jokes - it's that this joke is an easy and boring joke to make. More importantly, it's downright hostile to many people in our community.

hakkk 9y ago
>it's downright hostile to many people in our community Such as? Attack helicopters?
arkona2 9y ago
> More importantly, it's downright hostile to many people in our community. How?
- jlebrech 9y ago
  because the mushroom got triggered, and it makes fun of people getting triggered, somehow that makes it "hostile"
Void_ 9y ago
HN is full of liberals who believe gender is only in your mind.
- owebmaster 9y ago
  But only in their minds. If in my mind gender is binary, I'm wrong.
  - rainbowmverse 9y ago
    Correct. Your opinion of another person's experience does not invalidate their experience.
    - arkona2 9y ago
      I disagree with this argument. If I go around telling people I am the reincarnation of Napoleon, and insist to be called “Your Excellency”, sooner or later I will be committed to a mental institution. The subjective experience of an individual cannot serve as a basis for reality. EDIT: of course, there is no answer to this, only downvotes. Trying to discuss this subject is more and more like trying to discuss a religious doctrine.

owebmaster 9y ago

People don't like the jokes they don't like here. But if you joke about trump, man, it might get you very far here.

Lewton 9y ago
I honestly don't think you're right. Do you have an example?
- owebmaster 9y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13595222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13595222 "Perfect execution, great, great job." "That is brilliant!" "Interesting -- great idea! I'll have to think about the right way to implement that."
  - sctb 9y ago
    That post got an account and a site banned from Hacker News. Not exactly the way to go very far.
    - owebmaster 9y ago
      We were talking about the audience, not moderation

gooseus 9y ago

There are so many places to go online for social validation of low effort one-liners. I appreciate humor and even some snark in comments, but come on. I come here for signal, it's one of the few places I know that still has a high signal/noise ratio. It's decreasing to be sure, but it'd be nice to keep it as high as possible for as long as possible.