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This would make for a hilarious blog post

by fire 4y ago

metadat 4y ago
- Judgmentality 4y ago
  - whiddershins 4y ago
    Scott Adams claims that 30% of people have no sense of humor whatsoever.
    - CodeMage 4y ago
      Scott Adams has claimed a great variety of things over time. A lot of those claims don't hold up well under scrutiny, so I'm a bit skeptical of this one. Especially since I'm one of those people who think Dilbert stopped being funny a long time ago.
      - brewdad 4y ago
        But Scott Adams as himself is hilarious. It's like an AI-bot gone awry except that there's actually a real person tweeting out to the world.
    - anigbrowl 4y ago
      It takes one to know one, as they say.
  - dang 4y ago
    That's crossing into personal attack. Please don't do that here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - Judgmentality 4y ago
      How is this a personal attack? Besides that, you already removed the parent comment so nobody can even find this now without clicking my profile. > I think this just might not be your cup of tea. That's fine. We all have our preferences. I don't see how I could be any nicer. > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. I feel like you're ignoring your own guidelines. Please lead by example.
      - dang 4y ago
        It's crossing into personal attack to imply that someone doesn't understand "the concept of humor" (or any other common concept). You went way beyond the information in the GP comment to step into that territory, and then you doubled down ("If isn't inherently obvious to you already"). Besides that, you don't need to go on about someone's putative lack of understanding in order to make your substantive points.
        TigeriusKirk 4y ago
        You're way off base here.
        dang 4y ago
        You think so? Having a sense of humor doesn't mean you get every joke. Telling someone they have no sense of humor, so it couldn't possibly be explained to them, is a kind of putdown. Elvis Costello was not being nice when he wrote this: If you don't know by now Nobody's gonna tell you If you don't know by now The shock would probably kill you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptnXM6rsxSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptnXM6rsxSY
        TigeriusKirk 4y ago
        Yes, I think you're taking a very uncharitable interpretation of the post. In any case, I'll leave it here.
- cirgue 4y ago
  Because when presented with a bunch of pictures of hot shirtless dudes, thinking “how can I apply cutting edge technology here?” simultaneously isn’t most peoples first instinct (regardless of your gender identity or sexual orientation), but is immediately relatable if you’re a technology nerd. It’s both unexpected and familiar, and that’s the magic formula for humor.

This would make for a hilarious blog post

by fire 4y ago

This would make for a hilarious blog post

metadat 4y ago

Judgmentality 4y ago
- whiddershins 4y ago
  Scott Adams claims that 30% of people have no sense of humor whatsoever.
  - CodeMage 4y ago
    Scott Adams has claimed a great variety of things over time. A lot of those claims don't hold up well under scrutiny, so I'm a bit skeptical of this one. Especially since I'm one of those people who think Dilbert stopped being funny a long time ago.
    - brewdad 4y ago
      But Scott Adams as himself is hilarious. It's like an AI-bot gone awry except that there's actually a real person tweeting out to the world.
  - anigbrowl 4y ago
    It takes one to know one, as they say.
- dang 4y ago
  That's crossing into personal attack. Please don't do that here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - Judgmentality 4y ago
    How is this a personal attack? Besides that, you already removed the parent comment so nobody can even find this now without clicking my profile. > I think this just might not be your cup of tea. That's fine. We all have our preferences. I don't see how I could be any nicer. > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. I feel like you're ignoring your own guidelines. Please lead by example.
    - dang 4y ago
      It's crossing into personal attack to imply that someone doesn't understand "the concept of humor" (or any other common concept). You went way beyond the information in the GP comment to step into that territory, and then you doubled down ("If isn't inherently obvious to you already"). Besides that, you don't need to go on about someone's putative lack of understanding in order to make your substantive points.
      - TigeriusKirk 4y ago
        You're way off base here.
        dang 4y ago
        You think so? Having a sense of humor doesn't mean you get every joke. Telling someone they have no sense of humor, so it couldn't possibly be explained to them, is a kind of putdown. Elvis Costello was not being nice when he wrote this: If you don't know by now Nobody's gonna tell you If you don't know by now The shock would probably kill you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptnXM6rsxSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptnXM6rsxSY
        TigeriusKirk 4y ago
        Yes, I think you're taking a very uncharitable interpretation of the post. In any case, I'll leave it here.
cirgue 4y ago
Because when presented with a bunch of pictures of hot shirtless dudes, thinking “how can I apply cutting edge technology here?” simultaneously isn’t most peoples first instinct (regardless of your gender identity or sexual orientation), but is immediately relatable if you’re a technology nerd. It’s both unexpected and familiar, and that’s the magic formula for humor.