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I'd suggest that this particular joke isn't very funny or meaningful and in my eyes detracts more from the message than it adds to it. I wouldn't want to have
by ben0x539 14y ago
I'd suggest that this particular joke isn't very funny or meaningful and in my eyes detracts more from the message than it adds to it.
I wouldn't want to have an offical list of things you can't joke about, but that doesn't mean that all jokes are necessarily funny, and won't make me think less of the person choosing to tell them.
- chris_wot 14y agoYou are issuing the point entirely. Notch is highlighting the fact that Callahan presented a loaded argument: that he only supports open platforms. He then highlights the sheer unfairness of the argument with an absurd and controversial statement of his own: that of goat rape. That's not a joke, that's a form of argument ad absurdum.
- ben0x539 14y agoMy point is that his choice of absurd and controversial statement detracts from his point. I see what he's doing there, but I don't like it.
- iamdave 14y agoNo one said you had to.
- jamesmiller5 14y agoI don't believe the point was missed, the article could still use absurdity without the absurd act being rape. It was distracting to use rape as the absurd action and weakened the message delivery.