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Yeah but it's not Reddit, it's HN. You have to know your audience, read the crowd. On Reddit it's 90% sarcasm so there's no fixing it. Here it's the reverse and
by labster 8y ago
Yeah but it's not Reddit, it's HN. You have to know your audience, read the crowd. On Reddit it's 90% sarcasm so there's no fixing it. Here it's the reverse and people take things seriously without a tell. You just have to bury the tell in another joke or it will ruin the funny.
- Dylan16807 8y ago"given that software can't [ridiculous thing no one has ever claimed]" is plenty for a tell.
- Aeolun 8y agoJust the fact that this “fix” exists tells you some people believe differently.
- rujuladanh 8y agoIf you can’t discern the joke, the joke isn’t for you to begin with; so it doesn’t matter.