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by nobody9999 1734 days ago
Because having a sense of humor is frowned upon here.

Want to laugh? Go to a comedy club.
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gjm11 1734 days ago
Having a sense of humour is not frowned upon here.

Posting low-effort cookie-cutter jokes is frowned upon here, because (1) they usually aren't actually very funny and (2) empirically it seems that communities where that sort of joking is popular are at risk of having it take over until there is nothing but low-effort cookie-cutter jokes.

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api 1734 days ago
> empirically it seems that communities where that sort of joking is popular are at risk of having it take over until there is nothing but low-effort cookie-cutter jokes.

That also seems to be true of memes, trolling, and political propagandizing. Any forum where these things are allowed quickly becomes nothing but these things.

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nobody9999 1734 days ago
>(1) they usually aren't actually very funny

A fair point. I didn't even recognize it as a joke until someone pointed it out. And I'm very easily amused.

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nobody9999 1734 days ago
The down votes kind of prove my point.

Which is rich, rich irony and quite amusing.

Then again, as I mentioned elsewhere, I'm very easily amused.

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