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It's an issue of shared language -- or zoomer-talk as some would put it. But "zoomer" is itself a term that would probably require some explanation. I've also
by woolion 5y ago
It's an issue of shared language -- or zoomer-talk as some would put it.
But "zoomer" is itself a term that would probably require some explanation.
I've also had some very bad reactions to talking about "high-level programming", with computer scientists, every time to my surprise.
There was recently a heated debate about the right to use the word "normal" in mathematical context. Aggressiveness is a relative concept...
- Zababa 5y agoWhen in Rome, do as the Romans do. HN is HN, and the vast majority of messages don't use irony or sarcasm. Humor is relatively rare. Often messages are annotated with a "/s" to indicate sarcasm. After spending a bit of time on HN, it becomes obvious how to handle sarcasm, humor, zoomer-talk, anything like that: be very obvious that you are using it. Or, as they say on the other side of the internet, "lurk 1000 years before posting".