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by bluehex 4255 days ago
I'm going to out myself as oversensitive and lacking a sense of humor in many of your eyes (or so I imagine) but I can't stand the kind of sarcastic humor in the contributing section.

Sarcasm is only funny to me when it's not mean spirited.

The joke about segfaults: "--dont-segfault --no-errors --dont-eat-dog." was quite funny, on the other hand. I'd like to see more playful expression in this way rather than playing with negativity; because even though it's obviously a joke, there's enough negativity in the world already that it doesn't make me laugh thinking about it.

I imagine i'm in a tiny minority. :/

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FWIW I felt the same way too. The contributing section wasn't funny enough to justify the negative tone.
Agreed. I noticed the sarcasm was referred to as irony. There's a lot of confusing the two, which I am finding increasingly confusing.