Nowhere in the guidelines [0] does it say "do not post jokes that don't add anything". It does, however, say: Please don't post comments saying that HN is

Nowhere in the guidelines [0] does it say "do not post jokes that don't add anything". It does, however, say: Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html