> It's called Irony
It's sarcasm. And if we can't tell if something's a bad take or sarcasm, that's a good reason to downvote.
Conversely, this could also be one reason to read HN with showdead turned on....
> it's a wildly misunderstood language concept here on HN.
An alternate understanding is that people are not as funny as they think they are.
I don't think there is any operating system or widely used software where there isn't a "$group called it dead ages ago" example. it tells us absolutely nothing interesting, and isn't funny.
I'll never understand why HN hates humor so much. You could say it's dumb humor, but a community that can't even tolerate dumb tongue in cheek mischief isn't much of a community at all in my opinion.
Actually, maybe I do. This thread explains it fairly well, I guess: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575002
A part of me still would prefer the Slashdot way of organizing threads: +1 funny doesn't boost your karma, and (it's been a long time, but iirc) the page can be sorted chronologically instead of by upvotes.
I am all for a good joke but this, like memes, is boring humor.
Re:NetBSD 9.2
by simondotau on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @10:04PM
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That's just your opinion. Astonishingly, some people find The Big Bang Theory to be riotously funny while others find it tedious and boring.
It's called Irony, and it's a wildly misunderstood language concept here on HN.