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>If that's what caused the downvotes, that people felt offended, thinking I was making an ethnic joke, then I'm really sorry. No, we get that it was a bird qua

by swebs 8y ago

>If that's what caused the downvotes, that people felt offended, thinking I was making an ethnic joke, then I'm really sorry. No, we get that it was a bird quack joke. It's just that jokes and puns don't really add to the discussion, and are better suited to places like reddit.

YeGoblynQueenne 8y ago
If that is the case, then the downvotes are misplaced. The HN Guidelines say nothing about humour (good or bad) in comments. Perhaps some users feel that joking is forbidden because we are all serious and important scientists and engineers here, but that is just a personal and subjective opinion. Now, finding that my joke was a bad joke, I can understand and appreciate, but that business about "this isn't reddit" has got to stop. We are not reddit. Everyone knows that. Reddit probably knows that. The HN guidelines in fact have something to say about that sort of misconception. There's no reason not to crack a joke now and then. To be a serious person doesn't mean to have a stick up one's arse. Edit: Anyway the point is really not the karma and the downvotes. I was simply worried that my joke was taken as targeting Korean people, which was not at all in my mind. If someone got offended because they don't like people joking on HN, well, guys, are there more of you than my karma? If not, tough.
- 300bps 8y ago
  If that is the case, then the downvotes are misplaced. The HN Guidelines say nothing about humour (good or bad) in comments. HN Guidelines do specifically say don't talk about downvotes. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html HN Guideline: Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. It's all about signal to noise ratio here. You weren't the only one that posted the same obvious joke and all the comments were downvoted. No big deal. On the topic of HN guidelines, the following can be construed as particularly snarky: If someone got offended because they don't like people joking on HN, well, guys, are there more of you than my karma? If not, tough. HN Guideline: Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky.
  - YeGoblynQueenne 8y ago
    Like I say, I didn't mind the downvotes, I minded the possibility of having offended with my original comment.

by swebs 8y ago

YeGoblynQueenne 8y ago

If that is the case, then the downvotes are misplaced. The HN Guidelines say nothing about humour (good or bad) in comments. Perhaps some users feel that joking is forbidden because we are all serious and important scientists and engineers here, but that is just a personal and subjective opinion. Now, finding that my joke was a bad joke, I can understand and appreciate, but that business about "this isn't reddit" has got to stop. We are not reddit. Everyone knows that. Reddit probably knows that. The HN guidelines in fact have something to say about that sort of misconception. There's no reason not to crack a joke now and then. To be a serious person doesn't mean to have a stick up one's arse. Edit: Anyway the point is really not the karma and the downvotes. I was simply worried that my joke was taken as targeting Korean people, which was not at all in my mind. If someone got offended because they don't like people joking on HN, well, guys, are there more of you than my karma? If not, tough.

300bps 8y ago
If that is the case, then the downvotes are misplaced. The HN Guidelines say nothing about humour (good or bad) in comments. HN Guidelines do specifically say don't talk about downvotes. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html HN Guideline: Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. It's all about signal to noise ratio here. You weren't the only one that posted the same obvious joke and all the comments were downvoted. No big deal. On the topic of HN guidelines, the following can be construed as particularly snarky: If someone got offended because they don't like people joking on HN, well, guys, are there more of you than my karma? If not, tough. HN Guideline: Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky.
- YeGoblynQueenne 8y ago
  Like I say, I didn't mind the downvotes, I minded the possibility of having offended with my original comment.