That may be, but my impression is not that the comments are downvoted because they're not funny, but rather because they attempt to be funny. In other words, th

That may be, but my impression is not that the comments are downvoted because they're not funny, but rather because they attempt to be funny. In other words, the content of the comment could be really insightful, but if it's phrased as a(n attempted) joke, it gets downvoted.