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| ▲ | acdha 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Poe’s law applies too much these days. I’ve tried to get out of the habit of leaving jokes ambiguous like that because it’s just too easy to trip readers up, especially when not everyone has native level awareness of idioms or social context. |
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| ▲ | giraffe_lady 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Part of the problem is also frankly that HN has a culture that encourages serious engagement (or at least a facsimile of it) with the worst opinions it's possible to have. You just can't keep your sense for sincerity finely honed in an environment like that. | | |
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| ▲ | CodingJeebus 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| ah crap, my gullibility strikes again |
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| ▲ | ncr100 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | <3 | |
| ▲ | nixosbestos 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Man, it's so understandable. Especially when 35-40% the country is doing exactly that kind of bullshit equivocative defense. Frankly I'm shocked the shitheads usually here read the room and have kept the child-rape apologia to themselves. |
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| ▲ | patja 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Part of the purpose of sarcasm is to inject humor. Personally, I don't find anything humorous about sexual assault. |
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| ▲ | Larrikin 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | There is such a long history of using humor to affect change and discuss extremely serious matters. Legally it's protected speech because of it's importance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire | |
| ▲ | awalsh128 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Don't read Swift's A Modest Proposal then. | |
| ▲ | Maxatar 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | The main purpose of sarcasm is not humor, it's to use irony as a form of contempt. To the extent that humor is involved it's usually done so as a form of mockery. | | |
| ▲ | btilly 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I am perfectly OK with having contempt for powerful pedophiles. The opportunity for laughter is a bonus. I just hope that the fallout doesn't begin and end with Prince Andrew and Larry Summers. |
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