Indeed. Humor is fine, provided it's used to advance the discussion. Looking back at my comment history, plenty of highly voted ones started with or included s

Indeed. Humor is fine, provided it's used to advance the discussion. Looking back at my comment history, plenty of highly voted ones started with or included something humorous. Example: On designers worrying about losing work to 99designs... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2378303 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2378303 Stupid joke to illustrate a point, followed by actionable advice.