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Re:Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with u... by gruez on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:41PM (#38796888)
Not the guy you replied to, but I downvoted that comment because I find sarcastic strawmans to be tiring and don't add to discussion.
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Re:Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with u... by asveikau on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:47PM (#38796988)
I disagree with this. A comment like this can provide some amusement and joy, as well as legitimate criticism of people who unironically hold similar beliefs to the one parodied.

I know the HN guidelines have had a "no joke" recommendation but it seems rather humorless (obviously) and can deny some form of humanity, the latter of which is rather unreasonable.

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Re:Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with u... by gruez on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:56PM (#38797095)
>I disagree with this. A comment like this can provide some amusement and joy

Maybe you still get a chuckle, but after the same tired strawmans get posted over and over again it gets annoying, similar to all the low effort comments on reddit like "username checks out", "RIP my inbox", "came here to say this", or any number of the common copypastas.

>as well as legitimate criticism of people who unironically hold similar beliefs to the one parodied.

Strawmans are not "legitimate criticism".

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