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This article is written in an unnecessarily extravagant style, IMO. Also, I appreciate anonymity, but, to my point > I live by myself in a remote mountain cav

This article is written in an unnecessarily extravagant style, IMO. Also, I appreciate anonymity, but, to my point > I live by myself in a remote mountain cave beyond the ken of civilised persons, and can only be contacted during a full moon, using certain arcane rites that are too horrible to speak of. Okay.

xdfgh1112 1y ago
Agreed if I had saw that first I wouldn't have clicked
BSDobelix 1y ago
>>I live by myself in a remote mountain cave = I live in California, and the nearest Starbucks is more than 20 miles away. >>can only be contacted during a full moon = As a night person, I am awake when the streetlight outside my house turns on. >>certain arcane rites that are too horrible to speak of = In order to contact me, you must install Microsoft Teams. Overall, it's not that bad, except for the MS team thing. ;)
- bubblyworld 1y ago
  The man is south african, we are geologically blessed and have a lot of pleasant remote mountain caves =)
  - BSDobelix 1y ago
    Okay, I will revert everything. The cave, the moon, and the rituals are all real. It's impressive how much reality is based on location :-)
    - bubblyworld 1y ago
      That's the spirit!
  - awanderingmind 1y ago
    True! I don't literally live in a cave, but fortunately not everyone is so allergic to whimsical language :D.
  - Chris2048 1y ago
    The moon thing might still not be literal, similar to "once in a blue moon" i.e. rarely.
nottorp 1y ago
As always, HN has no sense of humour...
- milesrout 1y ago
  Writing like a wanker isn't funny.
  - vixen99 1y ago
    Why not just say to yourself, - "I don't think that's funny" - instead of generalizing on behalf of others with a word that is in essence, meaningless or rather, it means what you personally want it to mean for any particular occasion?
    - guappa 1y ago
      The account is 9 years old and has 166 karma. I presume it's an alt account used for less acceptable opinions.
- awanderingmind 1y ago
  Some people do!
- deadbabe 1y ago
  Humor is banned here.
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
  I don't think the commenter was saying anything about the quality of humor in that statement. Rather, they were attempting to relay that the style of writing is overly verbose, even on the contact page. Also, isn't the parent comment attempting to be humorous as well?
- Chris2048 1y ago
  It does, but it has to be particularly funny, and the author has to tike on the risk there. Otherwise, there are too many people who think themselves humourous, but otherwise have little to contribute. The result is current-day reddit. It's beyond cringe, it's just low-effort repatative humour. some think it's just dead-internet/botted-to-hell, but I suspect even bots can make a better effort.
gilleain 1y ago
Perhaps the writer is a fan of Grothendieck who did almost exactly this - lived in a remote village in the Pyrenees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck#Retirement_into_reclusion_and_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck#Retirem... "Local villagers helped sustain him with a more varied diet after he tried to live on a staple of dandelion soup." - like most people would.

xdfgh1112 1y ago

Agreed if I had saw that first I wouldn't have clicked

BSDobelix 1y ago

>>I live by myself in a remote mountain cave = I live in California, and the nearest Starbucks is more than 20 miles away. >>can only be contacted during a full moon = As a night person, I am awake when the streetlight outside my house turns on. >>certain arcane rites that are too horrible to speak of = In order to contact me, you must install Microsoft Teams. Overall, it's not that bad, except for the MS team thing. ;)

bubblyworld 1y ago
The man is south african, we are geologically blessed and have a lot of pleasant remote mountain caves =)
- BSDobelix 1y ago
  Okay, I will revert everything. The cave, the moon, and the rituals are all real. It's impressive how much reality is based on location :-)
  - bubblyworld 1y ago
    That's the spirit!
- awanderingmind 1y ago
  True! I don't literally live in a cave, but fortunately not everyone is so allergic to whimsical language :D.
- Chris2048 1y ago
  The moon thing might still not be literal, similar to "once in a blue moon" i.e. rarely.

nottorp 1y ago

As always, HN has no sense of humour...

milesrout 1y ago
Writing like a wanker isn't funny.
- vixen99 1y ago
  Why not just say to yourself, - "I don't think that's funny" - instead of generalizing on behalf of others with a word that is in essence, meaningless or rather, it means what you personally want it to mean for any particular occasion?
  - guappa 1y ago
    The account is 9 years old and has 166 karma. I presume it's an alt account used for less acceptable opinions.
awanderingmind 1y ago
Some people do!
deadbabe 1y ago
Humor is banned here.
ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
I don't think the commenter was saying anything about the quality of humor in that statement. Rather, they were attempting to relay that the style of writing is overly verbose, even on the contact page. Also, isn't the parent comment attempting to be humorous as well?
Chris2048 1y ago
It does, but it has to be particularly funny, and the author has to tike on the risk there. Otherwise, there are too many people who think themselves humourous, but otherwise have little to contribute. The result is current-day reddit. It's beyond cringe, it's just low-effort repatative humour. some think it's just dead-internet/botted-to-hell, but I suspect even bots can make a better effort.

gilleain 1y ago

Perhaps the writer is a fan of Grothendieck who did almost exactly this - lived in a remote village in the Pyrenees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck#Retirement_into_reclusion_and_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck#Retirem... "Local villagers helped sustain him with a more varied diet after he tried to live on a staple of dandelion soup." - like most people would.