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I found it more amusing that he listed 8 languages that he has experience with and then went out of his way to exclude JavaScript.
by tempest_ 6y ago
I found it more amusing that he listed 8 languages that he has experience with and then went out of his way to exclude JavaScript.
- aloisdg 6y agoWhen you know JavaScript enough to be able to say that you don't know JavaScript.
- zibzab 6y agoThat's basically me and C++, and I suspect I am not alone
- Simplicitas 6y agoIs JavaScript a language? <grin>
- cxr 6y agoPlease don't use HN comments for posting low-quality jokes, even if (perhaps "especially if") they're considered acceptable/appropriate for other communities.
- tssva 6y agoCan you point to some specific guidelines used to judge low-quality vs high-quality jokes for HN purposes? Or are we suppose to go by your personal and subjective opinion of low-quality vs high-quality comedy material?
- Graffur 6y agoIn this case it seems pretty clear. If you're not sure you could try reading more posts before posting. You should be able to pick up the general vibe/tone.
- tssva 6y agoI found the comment funny. Since the purpose of a joke is to be funny this makes it high quality as far as I am concerned. If you didn't find it funny, I guess you would consider it low quality. The point is that judging comedy and jokes is so subjective and personal as to make any such rule regarding quality a joke itself. You can ban all jokes or mandate that jokes can't contain racist, sexist, ageist, or other such potentially offensive content but trying to filter jokes based upon quality is a bit ridiculous.
- throwaway19937 6y agoAFAIK there aren't specific guidelines but posts like the grandparent are normally moderated down. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2965166 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2965166) is an example of well-received humor; it's one of the top rated posts.
- fuzzer37 6y agoI thought it was funny
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- anon_tor_12345 6y agoare there hn hall monitors that I'm not aware of? like why are you policing people's jokes? For the life of me I will never understand why people voluntarily take on the mantle of authoritarian. Do you feel like you're contributing to something by censuring someone for a joke?
- dang 6y agoI get how it could come across that way, but cxr's comment is part of a long tradition of trying to avoid lame internet humor on HN. It's not because people don't like jokes - they just want to avoid the sort of jokes that grow like crabgrass and end up choking out more interesting discussion. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=7609289&sort=byDate&type=story&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- anon_tor_12345 6y agothe archetypal censure of jokes grows like crabgrass just as much as jokes grow like crabgrass (because they're both low effort).