[willcipriano]

That's the sort of joke that you make and take your lumps for. Sometimes the feeling strikes you and you can't resist. Getting downvoted makes it funnier. The lowest you can go is -4 so it isn't even like you lose that many fake internet points for it.

[klyrs]

Indeed, the absurdity is that HN wouldn't have a reputation for being humorless, if people didn't keep making jokes here.