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It takes a surprisingly small density of lazy jokes to completely derail constructive conversation. Derisive sarcasm is especially pernicious because it prompt
by jessriedel 8y ago
It takes a surprisingly small density of lazy jokes to completely derail constructive conversation. Derisive sarcasm is especially pernicious because it prompts reprisals.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoAgree in general, although the joke in question actually makes a strong case in itself, albeit not an original one. I'm surprised it got downvoted so harshly.
- jessriedel 8y agoThere are times when sarcastic/combative comments contain sufficiently good material that they are upvoted in spite of their flaws, but I think in this case the content was pretty minimal/obvious. The comment by swah https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19522802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19522802 contains essentially the same content, and it did fine.
- everdrive 8y agoHN is probably a better place having downvoted me. That said, I think Airpods are completely ridiculous.