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by ipnon 272 days ago
The best comments are at the bottom. I’ve been twaddling here long enough to know what the most upvoted take will be, so unless it’s a personal anecdote it’s not worth reading. The real juicers are usually buried near the bottom of the page, a few comments above where the apathy and sarcasm start bleeding into grey.
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This comment ironically at the top
Not anymore haha
I imagine the author of the parent comment despairing of being upvoted.
There is also a place to find posts which are down-weighted, admin putting their finger on the scale in one way or another.

Show dead in settings here also can have a few gems if you feel like digging for them.

> The best comments are at the bottom.

You clearly don't have the showdead option enabled. ;-)

That was my first reaction but they did address it in their comment.

> The real juicers are usually buried near the bottom of the page, a few comments above where the apathy and sarcasm start bleeding into grey.

Emphasis added.

> a few comments above where the apathy and sarcasm start bleeding into grey.

I wouldn't call the dead comments apathetic and sarcastic. They're typically vile and humorless.