Saying "software licensing is a joke" and "hypothetical zombie apocalypse" may be provocative and/or funny, but it distracts attention from the underlying logic. In my view, when conversations start going down this path, they become less substantive and interesting, because the meaning becomes muddled.

I try to always remember:

* One person writes a comment one time. N people read it. N >> 1. Therefore strive to be clear.

* "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html