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Always.Be.Closing!

• josefrichter 6y ago
  Why the downvotes for an innocent joke?
  • dang 6y ago
    The classic explanation on this is an old comment by scott_s: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289 https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%227609289%22 https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... Basically it's that people overestimate how funny their jokes are, and that sort of internet humor grows like kudzu, so HN users are sensitive to the need to contain it, a bit like weeding a garden. Non-obvious witticisms do fine on HN—they're just rare. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=kudzu%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...