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I know this goes against the old guard, but I'd much rather laugh at a post like this once in a while than have HN be serious and dry, every day, every submissi
by jedsmith 16y ago
I know this goes against the old guard, but I'd much rather laugh at a post like this once in a while than have HN be serious and dry, every day, every submission. That's never going to happen, but I haven't gotten as much amusement out of a HN item and its threads in a long time, and that's of value to me.
It's an outright tragedy that any lighthearted submission immediately brings out people replying "flagged!" and lamenting that HN is turning into Reddit.
Kudos to Zed for pulling it off. If only it had been Lighten Up, Motherfuckers.
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- reinhardt 16y ago"Kudos to Zed for pulling it off" ? C'mon, he's the prototypical "rockstar programmer", just putting his name out there and a few profanities is enough to push it to the top. Honestly, I don't mind the (debatable) humour of the submission as much as the fact that it's a case of "the message is the messenger". If this was posted by the random Joe P. Rogrammer (a) it wouldn't be #1 post in HN and (b) it wouldn't be welcomed with so many open arms.
- ptn 16y agoI bet pg upvoted