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Re: Merry Christmas HN

#32

Post by ugh »

rick_2047 wrote: post #9
bherms wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it really so bad to let our guard down for a few minutes to celebrate the holidays and the things we're thankful for? Your office is supposed to be (in most cases) a professional environment for conducting business, but everyone has a holiday party each year... Just sayin.

Then why don't we take our guard down when someone posts a little sarcasm or a small joke. Why do these posts always have a -4 or less karma? Why don't we have a separate section for lolcatz pics? In an office we have all that, nobody is totally professional with their first hand colleagues.

Memes kill my experience on so many other websites, that’s why I will downvote every comment which makes reference to a meme. (Other meaningful content might save the comment sometimes.) Others seem to agree which is why those kinds of comments always get downvoted quickly.

All the other stuff – sarcasm, jokes – is not always downvoted, it sometimes even receives a lot of upvotes. Don’t expect every joke to be upvoted, even if it’s a witty one. I guess it is consensus that we don’t want to see HN flooded with jokes and sarcasm.

Re: Merry Christmas HN

#35

Post by rick_2047 »

ugh wrote: post #32
rick_2047 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then why don't we take our guard down when someone posts a little sarcasm or a small joke. Why do these posts always have a -4 or less karma? Why don't we have a separate section for lolcatz pics? In an office we have all that, nobody is totally professional with their first hand colleagues.

Memes kill my experience on so many other websites, that’s why I will downvote every comment which makes reference to a meme. (Other meaningful content might save the comment sometimes.) Others seem to agree which is why those kinds of comments always get downvoted quickly. All the other stuff – sarcasm, jokes – is not always downvoted, it sometimes even receives a lot of upvotes. Don’t expect every joke to be upvote…

Why this hypocrisy then? Shouldn't we have equal standards for all the things?

Re: Merry Christmas HN

#38

Post by nhebb »

ankimal wrote: post #21
ankimal wrote: post #18

I thought the politically correct greeting was "Happy Holidays!". I guess the jury is still out on that one. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/faith/50892288-142/christmas-pe...

Downvoted? Well, I ve been corrected before. Merry Christmas, Happy New year and Happy Holidays to everyone. EDIT: How could I forget my favorite. Happy Festivus and I ll see you around the aluminum pole. :)

Merry Christmas, Happy New year and Happy Holidays to everyone.

What, no Festivus?

Re: Merry Christmas HN

#40

Post by davidw »

rick_2047 wrote: post #35
ugh wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Memes kill my experience on so many other websites, that’s why I will downvote every comment which makes reference to a meme. (Other meaningful content might save the comment sometimes.) Others seem to agree which is why those kinds of comments always get downvoted quickly. All the other stuff – sarcasm, jokes – is not always downvoted, it sometimes even receives a lot of upvotes. Don’t expect every joke to be upvote…

Why this hypocrisy then? Shouldn't we have equal standards for all the things?

It's not hypocrisy, it's just very subjective. People upvote funny things from time to time, and downvote things that aren't funny often. There's no objective standard for that, obviously, but generally, 'funny' means something fairly new and unique and with some thought behind it, not trotting out some lame old sarcastic joke.

Edit: I suppose the moral of the story is: if you're not sure, don't post it.

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