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Re:Modern C by teddyh on Friday September 04, 2020 @03:56AM (#24372752)
Refusing to explain in-jokes, even when explicitly asked, is exclusionary and insular, and leads to low influx of new people, resulting in a slow death of a community. A culture, if it wants to survive, must share itself freely to new potential members.
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Re:Modern C by justinator on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:05AM (#24372799)
Humor doesn't have to be obvious to be good; and a magician doesn't have to ever give away the secrets of their illusions, no matter how loudly their audience cries out.

But I'm terribly sorry if you didn't get it. Just a simple play on words. It's certainly not insular or community destroying - an accusation like that is simply hyperbolic. Perhaps like most living things, growth only comes when there's opportunity to being tested and stressed.

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