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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by gerdesj on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:31PM (#32976501)
Why is it unacceptable to you for someone to explain why they do not find something funny?

We are really not all the same. HN is a big old forum and there is no such thing as a normal response.

That person was describing their personal reaction to ... something. I don't think that proscribing dogma is helpful in response.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by Ensorceled on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:40PM (#32976587)
> Why is it unacceptable to you for someone to explain why they do not find something funny?

I mean, it's not "unacceptable", free speech and all. It's just silly to jump in and "well actually" a joke, especially when the explanation is kind of why the joke was funny.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by gerdesj on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:05PM (#32976851)
Different people see humour in different ways or even not at all.

Do I really need to spell it out?

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by Ensorceled on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:05PM (#32977328)
No, but maybe I do …

Don’t yuck someone’s yum.

Let people enjoy things.

Don’t rain on the parade.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by enedil on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:19PM (#32977481)
I believe that it is in spirit of this website that you are encouraged to explain poorness of a joke, if you find it poor. After all, if it inspires curiosity what's the issue?
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