The only logical explanation I can think of is that either these other comments managed to fly under the radar, or more people found them genuinely funny. I do

The only logical explanation I can think of is that either these other comments managed to fly under the radar, or more people found them genuinely funny. I don't know - I avoid attempts at humour because more often than not people don't find it funny and it doesn't add to the discussion. I mean, this is my best result this year(7 points): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36577360 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36577360