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I read the entire article and really thought this was satire. Even reading all of the comments here didn't quite make me believe it... but it's real. The Wikip

• erisinger 3y ago
  Found this comment while trying to figure out if this is a joke. What an amazing sport.
• wlonkly 3y ago
  If it wasn't for Wikipedia then I would still be unsure. It feels like the kind of put-on that anyone in the know tries to maintain, like Morning... ... er, I mean, entirely unlike the classic London subway game, Mornington Crescent.
• db39 3y ago
  >I read the entire article and really thought this was satire. Can I ask what made you think it was satire? Just disbelief that stonelifting is a thing?
  • kayodelycaon 3y ago
    Sure. :) I’d never heard of stone lifting and I couldn’t see why it would be real. Without the context of history, it seemed absurd that people would run around lifting random rocks and ascribing history to them when it served no useful purpose. Going even further to design rules and convey them with great sincerity without context felt like the Ministry of Silly Walks from Monty Python. (A type of humor I greatly enjoy.) Over the years I’ve been on Hacker News, I’ve seen a few founders who had convinced themselves a large market existed (or could be created), contrary to all evidence. (E.g. A social network around raising and caring for electric eels.) So I was primed to see someone poking fun at that. Now, I think it is really cool. And of course I’m going to tell my friends about it so we can discuss how cool it is. :)