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Funny references alone will get down voted. It's just the culture of this board. If you want to joke you'll need some more substance as well.
by jayd16 4y ago
Funny references alone will get down voted. It's just the culture of this board. If you want to joke you'll need some more substance as well.
- Freak_NL 4y agoIf I wanted comments where I could correctly guess what the first ten most popular posts would be if I had an encyclopaedic knowledge of memes, I'd go to Reddit. I don't think that this is a uncommon view to hold here. Just different cultures, as you say.
- Koshkin 4y agoThen it won't be a joke anymore...
- spacemadness 4y agoWelcome to HN. We’re super serious intellectuals here and a joy at parties.
- uni_rule 4y agoI think a lot of the people here also just haven't outgrown the "Elon Musk real life iron man" mode of thinking. You see a lot of apologism for it everywhere on this site, even on things like safety incidents.