Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)

Re:Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016) by gpvos on Thursday March 29, 2018 @01:19PM (#16708887)

Actually he saved it.

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Re:Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016) by firefistace77 on Thursday March 29, 2018 @04:40PM (#16710840)

I don't know, it's my opinion, but I feel like the /s trend/adaptation has ruined a lot of the jokes for me by being overly explicit and not leaving any ambiguity...where is the fun in that :P

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Re:Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016) by gpvos on Thursday March 29, 2018 @05:14PM (#16711077)

I think on HN the need for clarity is seen as more important than having fun, because misunderstandings can do more damage than fun can create pleasure. This unfortunately limits the number of meta-levels (or ambiguity) you can use in jokes or sarcasm. But I guess it's worth the tradeoff. And actually with a bit of effort you can often have both.

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Re:Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016) by bookofjoe on Thursday March 29, 2018 @05:39PM (#16711310)

HN quote of the year IMHO: "I think on HN the need for clarity is seen as more important than having fun..."

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Re:Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016) by lovemenot on Thursday March 29, 2018 @07:10PM (#16712075)

2018 is still only 1/4 through.

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Re:Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016) by latexr on Friday March 30, 2018 @07:01AM (#16715137)

I also understood it as a joke before I reached the `/s`, but not everyone might’ve. Case in point, there’s another post on this thread[1] where another joke (as I see it) was made and the first reply is someone taking it seriously.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16708477

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