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Wow that's... a really simple solution. Never thought to just drop the empty envelopes in the mail. Definitely going to start doing that.

alistairSH 4y ago
Better yet, fill with glitter first.
- arthurcolle 4y ago
  I don't think encouraging people to engage in domestic terrorism is a good approach, although as a response to bulk spammers... maybe?
  - omginternets 4y ago
    You have a very different definition of “terrorism” than the rest of us.
    - arthurcolle 4y ago
      It was a joke, old sport
      - omginternets 4y ago
        The delivery needs work, friend ;)
      - Flimm 4y ago
        On HN, we generally prefer comments that aren't just jokes. I certainly like that about HN, I don't want HN to turn into Slashdot or into a typical subreddit. Because of HN's culture, sometimes a joke can be mistaken for a serious comment since we aren't expecting jokes.
        ThunderSizzle 4y ago
        HN is just as snarky and closed minded as a heavily modded subreddit, jokes or not.
        arthurcolle 4y ago
        I am part of "we" and I disagree. Clearly someone was confused at the post but given the upvotes, it was understood. The response, clarifying that it was a joke on my part, was poorly received. Perhaps the correct characterization is that the realization by some users that they didn't get the joke were subsequently more inclined to downvote due to not getting it, or that the meta post acknowledging it was a joke was off comment (but still relevant in the context of the aforementioned subthread) than those that got it, upvoted it and moved on. If you haven't seen other jokes on HN then consider the possibility that maybe you are overly aggressive in filtering out the human element from this collections of comments, posts & links and are markedly worse off for doing so.
    - wonderbore 4y ago
      To be fair, enough glitter could definitely trigger a litigious person in the US.
  - alistairSH 4y ago
    Other than making a bit of a mess, glitter is harmless. I really don’t think that qualifies as terrorism. Though some days, the sheer volume of junk Mail makes me think a hive of rabid bees would be a better response.

alistairSH 4y ago

Better yet, fill with glitter first.

arthurcolle 4y ago
I don't think encouraging people to engage in domestic terrorism is a good approach, although as a response to bulk spammers... maybe?
- omginternets 4y ago
  You have a very different definition of “terrorism” than the rest of us.
  - arthurcolle 4y ago
    It was a joke, old sport
    - omginternets 4y ago
      The delivery needs work, friend ;)
    - Flimm 4y ago
      On HN, we generally prefer comments that aren't just jokes. I certainly like that about HN, I don't want HN to turn into Slashdot or into a typical subreddit. Because of HN's culture, sometimes a joke can be mistaken for a serious comment since we aren't expecting jokes.
      - ThunderSizzle 4y ago
        HN is just as snarky and closed minded as a heavily modded subreddit, jokes or not.
      - arthurcolle 4y ago
        I am part of "we" and I disagree. Clearly someone was confused at the post but given the upvotes, it was understood. The response, clarifying that it was a joke on my part, was poorly received. Perhaps the correct characterization is that the realization by some users that they didn't get the joke were subsequently more inclined to downvote due to not getting it, or that the meta post acknowledging it was a joke was off comment (but still relevant in the context of the aforementioned subthread) than those that got it, upvoted it and moved on. If you haven't seen other jokes on HN then consider the possibility that maybe you are overly aggressive in filtering out the human element from this collections of comments, posts & links and are markedly worse off for doing so.
  - wonderbore 4y ago
    To be fair, enough glitter could definitely trigger a litigious person in the US.
- alistairSH 4y ago
  Other than making a bit of a mess, glitter is harmless. I really don’t think that qualifies as terrorism. Though some days, the sheer volume of junk Mail makes me think a hive of rabid bees would be a better response.