Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water

Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water by chowells on Thursday January 18, 2018 @10:23AM (#16177723)

And just yesterday, I was thinking no one here would need to explain who Mike Judge is to the general audience.

"It's got what plants crave" is a line from his movie Idiocracy. It is directly relevant the discussion at hand, but it's also a zero-effort joke that contributes nothing new.

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Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water by croon on Thursday January 18, 2018 @11:14AM (#16178194)

Your presumption was half correct, but that movie might be my only blind spot in his oeuvre. Nonetheless I thank you for the clarification.

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Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water by phaemon on Thursday January 18, 2018 @11:12AM (#16178177)

Well, Idiocracy was release over 11 years ago, so young adults might not have heard of it. Hope I haven't made you feel old :)

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Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday January 18, 2018 @11:56AM (#16178625)

I for one got the reference. but HN comment style strongly discourages low-effort jokes. It doesn't add information. I'm not surprised that it was downvoted, whether people "got it" or not. This is fine, HN is not reddit.

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Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water by nukeop on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:59PM (#16179496)

God forbid somebody makes a joke! This is a professional website, grim attitude is required.

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Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday January 19, 2018 @03:33AM (#16184875)

> a zero-effort joke that contributes nothing new

> low-effort jokes. It doesn't add information.

And then

> God forbid somebody makes a joke!

You're misreading what is being said.

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