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So he borrows "full retard" and it's fine, but I finish the joke and get -13 for it? This site is really crazy sometimes.

• steveklabnik 16y ago
  Actually, it's that the joke was a small part of his overall post, but it was all of yours. His comment was useful _in spite of_ the joke.
  • Psyonic 16y ago
    Right, but what's wrong with a joke? It's not useful, sure, but it wasn't offensive or mean-spirited. Other than "this isn't reddit," what could possibly make it deserving of -20? Even if it wasn't funny, is that really the message we want to be sending? Tell a joke and get down-modded into oblivion?
    • steveklabnik 16y ago
      In general, anything that doesn't contribute to the conversation will end up downvoted. Check out this conversation, for example: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1647322 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1647322 If you look through my comment history, you'll find that I occasionally don't follow this, either... I'm just trying to explain why you might have been downvoted, I am not 20 different HNers, nor the HN morality police.
      • Psyonic 16y ago
        I know you're not the HN police. I don't even care if you downvoted me. It's just karma. I'm just really surprised that a simple joke has become my most downvoted comment. I imagine in the nearly 4 years I've been here I've said some things that were far more deserving. Ultimately, I'll just have to adapt, because I'm not going to change HN. I still don't get it, and I've been here since the beginning, but I'm smart enough to see the writing on the wall. I'll save my jokes for somewhere else.