It's not that, it's just that we as a community are keenly afraid of HN's comments section turning into reddit's. Reddit's threads are often clever and sometimes hilarious, but that crap has choked off most everything else. That's not what this forum is about. If we don't remain hyper-vigilant, it will creep in while we aren't looking. Comments that consist solely of a joke will almost always be voted down here.

that's nice and all that you responded. any idea how i delete my account as this obviously is not the place for me.

There's no way to delete your account. If you really want to delete it, maybe email YC or pg himself?

"Everyone that doesn't agree with my sense of humour is handicapped!"

exactly.