Re:“Pack it in, mathematicians, someone owes LLVM a million ...
by lostcolony on Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:29AM
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Fair enough. I'll say, it helps to indicate you're not being serious in that situation; that's hard in text, but something like a "well akshually" (as a deprecating reference to https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ackchyually-actually-guy) preceding it would help.
Re:“Pack it in, mathematicians, someone owes LLVM a million ...
by ColinWright on Thursday August 19, 2021 @12:07PM
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That's all true, but putting "humour warnings" kinds defeats the purpose, and converts what would be dry humour into something more akin to slapstick, a bit like that person we all know who always insists on going "Bah-doom, Tsh!" on every mildly funny aside. When someone else highlights things that that I no longer find them funny at all, so I'd be reluctant to do it.
I appreciate the feedback ... I think the best thing for me is just not to try again, and to be explicit when I know something is a joke, and clear that I'm adding factual information.
Watching people continue to downvote the comments I've made, HN is clearly the wrong place for me to do otherwise.
Re:“Pack it in, mathematicians, someone owes LLVM a million ...
by alisonkisk on Thursday August 19, 2021 @12:12PM
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When people intentionally miscommunicate (even in jest), misunderstanding is a foreseeable side effect.
I really do think we've just been talking past each other. When something is as obviously "tongue-in-cheek" as the original post, I find it funny when people (a) get the joke, then (b) play it with a completely straight bat. It appears that doesn't cross cultural boundaries in the way I thought it would.
You're not alone ... some of my comments are getting significant numbers of downvotes.
<shrug> ... "Humour".
I'll go back to appearing humourless and commenting purely technically on purely technical things. Meanwhile ... nice to connect with you ... thanks for the responses.