Wordplay jokes are very low on the comedy sophistication scale, just above puns, bodily functions, and inherently funny words. HN is just a tough room. You re

Wordplay jokes are very low on the comedy sophistication scale, just above puns, bodily functions, and inherently funny words. HN is just a tough room. You really have to step it up a notch or two, just to not get downvoted. For example, this is probably not quite good enough: Electron emancipation is fine and good, but electrons will never truly be free until they have the vote.