I think you're both right. It's a fun little page that doesn't actually serve any purpose, like... comedic art? The practical solutions to this opinion divide

I think you're both right. It's a fun little page that doesn't actually serve any purpose, like... comedic art? The practical solutions to this opinion divide are to somehow categorize entries like this as [funny] or whatever so people can skip them informedly, or to simply accept that HN aggregates content that appeals to different minds.