people here are very serious about everything I would change that to "people here behave seriously about everything". It's not that HN members themselves are s

people here are very serious about everything I would change that to "people here behave seriously about everything". It's not that HN members themselves are serious prudes. I was a member of Digg in its heyday laughing right along with everyone else about the quirky stories. However, I don't go there anymore, and HN is where I sink a lot of leisure time. The non-serious stuff gets old after a while, but PG somehow knew that intellectually stimulating the mind was the optimum way to go.