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Why do you care what people like that say? Especially so if you say you don't agree with them.
by Etheryte 7y ago
Why do you care what people like that say? Especially so if you say you don't agree with them.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoI dislike April Fools days jokes, basically it makes everything worthless for the internet that day and some of it worthless the day after. So I would like to have people not do it. In my experience from previous years lots of people on HN seem to feel the same way because there are always all these pranks, and people complaining that they're not very funny. So I would like people not to put out these stupid jokes. One thing that might help people to decide not to make the pranks is the observation that some people would find them offensive, given that the purpose of these pranks are essentially marketing exercises. As for why I would care what people say, I care to a minimal extent and tolerate what I see as humorless behavior in the same way that while they might say that was inappropriate when I make a joke I would like them to tolerate my viewpoint. Thus if I think something might be offensive to some people in a context I consider if it is really funny before saying it. And then I come on HN and laboriously explain my reasoning for every little bit of politeness I practice because that's just the kind of guy I am.