Well if you liked this article I can't help but suggest The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1) -- more depth & background than any sane person needs to have regarding HST. This letter was published in same in 1998.

Hiring practices of course being totally irrelevant to the vast majority of HN readers

sarcasm? you really think the majority of HN users are startup founders?

No - but many of them have dreamed about getting jobs in vancouver

One thing I've learned from my brief time on HN is that HNers don't like humor. I couldn't read your original comment, but I voted this up because this was a funny response.

It's not that we don't like humor. Most people just aren't as funny as they think they are.

Haha, fair enough.

On the contrary, I love a good joke! I think the problem is sometimes its difficult to differentiate sarcasm, trolling, and idiocy without knowing the person or vocal cues.

The OP wrote the comment on a new account with absolutely no history to guide me. What should be my default take?

sorry - I create a new account each day. Too much traceable info online for the industry I work in.

No worries. I'm not too concerned about my karma, though -4 seems harsh for not catching a joke.

Sarcasm can be hard to interpret on the interwebs from strangers with no context. Clever response though!