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This comment deserves a [citation needed] visible from geosynchronous orbit.

by TylerE 1y ago

BoorishBears 1y ago
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- ksenzee 1y ago
  Sometimes if a joke doesn't land, it's because the joke wasn't funny. (Also, yes, a lot of folks here are autistic, maybe cool it with the veiled insults.)
  - BoorishBears 1y ago
    Sure sometimes... other times you get deadpan replies unironically demanding citations and proof of claims. There's nothing veiled or an insult: what I mentioned is a real factor in why people would read that statement and jump to demanding proof. - If I told a room full of plumbers that Sharkbites are actually sponsored by big Water trying to encourage water wastage, it definitely might not land... but none of them are going to demand a citation!
    - ksenzee 1y ago
      You truly don't see how "you didn't get my joke because you're autistic" is not an insult, to people who did you the courtesy of assuming good faith? Not to drag this out, and I don't personally have an autism diagnosis, but seriously this is no way to act in a space where autism is overrepresented.
      - rkomorn 1y ago
        Did you accidentally double negative?
        ksenzee 1y ago
        I did, thanks :)
      - BoorishBears 11mo ago
        Good faith response to an absurdist statement being to demand a source for it sounds a lot like... well never mind.
    - 1718627440 1y ago
      You might want to know about Poe's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
      - bmacho 1y ago
        I don't think Poe's law is applicable here on HN/anymore in general. Writing something stupid is not as valuable/funny as it was in 2005. The lack of /s or /j is only one half of the problem, the other half is that that comment is garbage. (I estimate these two are ~50-50% problematic in this case.) I think a better rule of thumb is that one shouldn't use tone indicators at all. If you are needing them, then chances are that what you are going to post is not valuable/funny.
        BoorishBears 11mo ago
        Sounds like a lot of rationalization around maybe just getting a bit older/bitterer in the 20 years since 2005 lol (or maybe you did make stupid comments that were valuable and funny in 2005, I wouldn't know)

This comment deserves a [citation needed] visible from geosynchronous orbit.

by TylerE 1y ago

This comment deserves a [citation needed] visible from geosynchronous orbit.

BoorishBears 1y ago

[flagged]

ksenzee 1y ago
Sometimes if a joke doesn't land, it's because the joke wasn't funny. (Also, yes, a lot of folks here are autistic, maybe cool it with the veiled insults.)
- BoorishBears 1y ago
  Sure sometimes... other times you get deadpan replies unironically demanding citations and proof of claims. There's nothing veiled or an insult: what I mentioned is a real factor in why people would read that statement and jump to demanding proof. - If I told a room full of plumbers that Sharkbites are actually sponsored by big Water trying to encourage water wastage, it definitely might not land... but none of them are going to demand a citation!
  - ksenzee 1y ago
    You truly don't see how "you didn't get my joke because you're autistic" is not an insult, to people who did you the courtesy of assuming good faith? Not to drag this out, and I don't personally have an autism diagnosis, but seriously this is no way to act in a space where autism is overrepresented.
    - rkomorn 1y ago
      Did you accidentally double negative?
      - ksenzee 1y ago
        I did, thanks :)
    - BoorishBears 11mo ago
      Good faith response to an absurdist statement being to demand a source for it sounds a lot like... well never mind.
  - 1718627440 1y ago
    You might want to know about Poe's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
    - bmacho 1y ago
      I don't think Poe's law is applicable here on HN/anymore in general. Writing something stupid is not as valuable/funny as it was in 2005. The lack of /s or /j is only one half of the problem, the other half is that that comment is garbage. (I estimate these two are ~50-50% problematic in this case.) I think a better rule of thumb is that one shouldn't use tone indicators at all. If you are needing them, then chances are that what you are going to post is not valuable/funny.
      - BoorishBears 11mo ago
        Sounds like a lot of rationalization around maybe just getting a bit older/bitterer in the 20 years since 2005 lol (or maybe you did make stupid comments that were valuable and funny in 2005, I wouldn't know)