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• Sebb767 4y ago
  > It is funny. You should try laughing at how dumb we are. It's fun. But are we dumb or is this just a reductionist take at something that actually has some reason behind it? Things simply stop being funny if you feel like important background is missing, no snobbery needed.
  • MegaButts 4y ago
    People that are too dumb to understand satire while pointing out why it's satire are indeed dumb, and should laugh at their own stupidity. But people on HN care more about being smart than self-aware, which is why this site is full of the funniest comments. He may as well be arguing about why eating babies is a bad idea after reading A Modest Proposal.
• daptaq 4y ago
  > Do you also hate every story ever told? I don't get why this should apply to every story. > It is funny. You should try laughing at how dumb we are. It's fun. Individual humans are stupid, probably most of the time, I don't disagree. But what this reminds me of is when people imagine stone age people as "ooga booga"-idiots, instead of human beings that might have not had access to the same technology and intellectual concepts that we can rightfully feel superior about. And as the narrator is implicitly taking sides with the alien, he too is looking down at us backward humans. I don't know if you have ever met people who hate humanity and try to disassociate themselves the rest. They refer to us as "Humanoids" as if automata that they as superior being have the right to use and manipulate. It is a vibe similiar to this that I picked up, that I object to.