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A comment on Ask HN: Why no sense of humor?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why no sense of humor? by knightinblue on Thursday April 23, 2009 @12:49AM (#575120)
Agreed. I see no reason to downvote that comment so strongly. People really need to lighten up.
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Re:Ask HN: Why no sense of humor? by gojomo on Thursday April 23, 2009 @01:42AM (#575178)
Even in jest, it's a simple-minded reflexive insult. Downvotes are a legitimate way to say we want less of that.
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Re:Ask HN: Why no sense of humor? by varjag on Thursday April 23, 2009 @03:39AM (#575258)
Or to prove the poster's point.

It's not like your choice is either upvote or downvote, you can just leave it alone.

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