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In my experience HNers are extremely credulous. As far as I can tell, there's no level of satire so heavy-handed and unsubtle that it won't get a reply taking
by michaelt 1y ago
In my experience HNers are extremely credulous.
As far as I can tell, there's no level of satire so heavy-handed and unsubtle that it won't get a reply taking it seriously. If anything, the more obviously ridiculous your suggestion, the more urgently HNers want to disagree.
- oblio 1y agoI've been on the internet a long time. There are enough weirdos out there to make you understand humor doesn't scale, and it definitely doesn't scale across cultures. Things are different when you actually know people but we killed that when we killed forums.
- fuzzfactor 1y agoWhat a coincidence :) Friday night I'm going to help move equipment for my good friends in Benign Pestilence. They're opening for Barnyard Inoculations at the newly remodeled Allergen Aerator. And the big headliner of the night is of course, Miasma. Just back from the world tour. It's going to be a deathly Metal night !
- oblio 1y agoIf it's supposed to be some sort of joke about sarcasm, I'm not getting it.
- minetest2048 1y agoPartly because reality is getting more stranger faster than satire. There's even an entire subreddit dedicated to that
- notahacker 1y agotbf, there's also almost no level of satire about business ideas so heavy handed and unsubtle that some HNers won't think it's an idea worth pitching to an investor...
- dlivingston 1y agoAutism-per-capita is very high here. :)
- nostrademons 1y agoPoe's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law