>Humor on HN is generally accepted if it's clever or makes you think in some way.

generally, eh?

faa--aa--aa--aa--ukk.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the ridiculousness of that statement. overall, to laugh, I think, makes more sense. because, according to you, majority wins?

see https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority_rule

and the downsides mentioned there.

that means minorities should not have any voice? their voices should be suppressed by downvoting or criticizing them for not toeing the "generally" (sheesh!) accepted line?

then how is this different from any other form of discrimination, such as racism, sexism or ageism?

can we call it old-boys-club-ism?

you miserably fail to convince, right at your first sentence above, bro. but that's par for the course for the many HNers of the hive mind / echo chamber kind, who think that everyone else needs to think like them, or else they are considered the wrong type of people, and try to brain wash them into thinking differently from what they already do, as you just tried to do above, or by knee-jerk reflex action, downvote them. I have seen that pattern often on this site. and it's not just me, others have commented about it too.

because, you know, generally, it is considered that people should be tolerant of others' opinions, unless they are dangerous or something like that. and how is making a few innocuous puns, even if they are not "clever", dangerous?

I bet you don't agree with that statement.

but, and this is my key point, by the way, did you see what I did there with my use of the word generally?

I used it in the same discriminatory way as you did.

still editing, to make any wording changes and check for typos.