[type0]

> Removing the line from the CoC also was not a response to the joke. It was a response to the ensuing discussion about the joke.

> Talking about proportionality as if the change was brought because of the joke is as questioning the proportionality of WW I to the death of archduke Franz Ferdinand.

I first thought your response was a joke, but maybe you actually mean that, put some emojis next time to show if you are joking

[angelzen]

Humor has a fundamental role in bounds probing in a social setting. Make a joke, observe the (nonverbal) feedback, preserve social bonds through shared laughter. In a world driven by CoCs, there is no room for laughter.