[manimino]

Referential humor should stay on Reddit. It's chuckle-worthy, sure, but this forum is one of the few places we have for serious discussion.

When people upvote jokes, the high-value expertise people freely share here gets drowned out, and will eventually disappear.

[coalbin]

A more constructive interpretation of the parent comment would be that Nena was on to something.

It’s interesting to draw parallels from the Cold War to today, especially when they are so on the nose.

[chrisco255]

True, the overreaction to a balloon that triggers a real war seems like a totally realistic scenario nowadays.

[chrisco255]

I generally agree with you, but it's also okay to laugh on HN sometimes! We mustn't take ourselves too seriously.

[ubermonkey]

Please be aware that furious clutching of pearls will not transmute them to diamonds.

[Rovoska]

There's a ufo truther article not far above, so citation needed on tgat.