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> For example, random sentences like "The good news is that math doesn’t really care what some Australians or overpaid programmers at Big Tech think."... There'
by virtualritz 4y ago
> For example, random sentences like "The good news is that math doesn’t really care what some Australians or overpaid programmers at Big Tech think."... There's no context for this, [...]
To me this is funny/entertaining w/o taking focus off the topic.
It is the kind of humor you will find in the UK and northern Europe. Dry, and has at least one level of indirection.
I.e. not someone tripping over something and you hear a laughing track dubbed over that – in case you missed that was meant to be funny.
I generally like when a text about a mentally taxing topic is lightly interspersed with such digressions.
Most of my American friends don't grok them and not seldomly react like you – they consider these rants and not funny.
- bspammer 4y agoWeird, the example you quoted feels American to me. British comedy tends to be self deprecating, whereas the article constantly takes the position of “I am the smart one, everyone else is doing it wrong” FWIW I’m not criticising, I enjoyed some of the ideas and they may well be correct.
- reinman 4y agoI removed the jabs at the Aussies - that is dirty laundry I really don't need to be bringing up here as no one cares anymore
- reinman 4y agoYeah the west coast doesn't do humor anymore. I lived in San Francisco / Seattle years ago but I avoid all that now. They take offense at everything so everyone frowns in the stores. Coming from Eastern Europe, I recognize the creepy Soviet vibe and this is reflected in the pretty nauseating HN community Miami is WAAAY cooler Enjoy this article before it gets pulled