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The last thread about this got killed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1744568 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1744568 Now on one hand, humor can be fu
by kiba 16y ago
The last thread about this got killed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1744568 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1744568
Now on one hand, humor can be fun and insightful, but at the same time I don't want one liners to dominate the comment section.
I like insightful humors, but I do not care much if you masturbate, play pokers, or play with your cat. Well, maybe unless it is particularly a novel way of playing with your cat or hacking together bots to dominate poker tournaments.
- bobds 16y agoAn HN line can be fairly long, and there's nothing wrong with one-liners. Yay for brevity.
- TimothyFitz 16y agoIt seems paradoxical that one liners could dominate the comment section. They're only one line! Of course, I completely agree with you. Perhaps the real problem is that when a one liner gets upvoted it brings with it the one liner's replies. What's the only valid reply to a one liner? Another one liner, in response to the first, drifting further and further away from the original point of the conversation.
- ohyes 16y agoOn the one hand, childish replies should be down-voted. I don't think anyone disagrees with that. No one wants 10 deep pun threads or repetitive meme/snowclone exchanges. On the other hand, there is a certain level toxicity in a community that takes itself seriously enough to complain about a well worded flippant response to a question. There has to be a balance.