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A comment on Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request. Parent comment

Re:Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request by jarin on Sunday October 03, 2010 @12:17AM (#1752063)
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.
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Re:Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request by scott_s on Sunday October 03, 2010 @12:24AM (#1752070)
It's not that we don't like humor. Most people just aren't as funny as they think they are.
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Re:Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request by jarin on Sunday October 03, 2010 @12:26AM (#1752073)
Haha, fair enough.
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Re:Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request by Psyonic on Sunday October 03, 2010 @02:34AM (#1752229)
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?

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Re:Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request by kjhgbhjkl on Sunday October 03, 2010 @02:49AM (#1752254)
sorry - I create a new account each day. Too much traceable info online for the industry I work in.
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Re:Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request by Psyonic on Sunday October 03, 2010 @05:52PM (#1753720)
No worries. I'm not too concerned about my karma, though -4 seems harsh for not catching a joke.
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