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Fair enough. I'll say, it helps to indicate you're not being serious in that situation; that's hard in text, but something like a "well akshually" (as a depreca
by lostcolony 5y ago
Fair enough. I'll say, it helps to indicate you're not being serious in that situation; that's hard in text, but something like a "well akshually" (as a deprecating reference to https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ackchyually-actually-guy https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ackchyually-actually-guy) preceding it would help.
- ColinWright 5y agoThat's all true, but putting "humour warnings" kinds defeats the purpose, and converts what would be dry humour into something more akin to slapstick, a bit like that person we all know who always insists on going "Bah-doom, Tsh!" on every mildly funny aside. When someone else highlights things that that I no longer find them funny at all, so I'd be reluctant to do it. I appreciate the feedback ... I think the best thing for me is just not to try again, and to be explicit when I know something is a joke, and clear that I'm adding factual information. Watching people continue to downvote the comments I've made, HN is clearly the wrong place for me to do otherwise.