How about we downmod this post because "Wat? Now I've seen everything! !Bang!" adds nothing of value to the conversation?
Or we could downmod it because the only thing less funny than an old meme is an old meme that the teller felt the need to pre-emptively explain?
Or... how about downmodding because saying that people would only do so "because they didn't get it immediately" implies that you think they're slow-witted? Insulting your audience is never a good way to get a warm reception.
I preferred the explanation below that explained it all without too much snark. I think being humourous is a definite value add in itself. My two bits.
>> Insulting your audience is never a good way to get a warm reception.
I wasn't insulting anyone. I was going by my own comment's previous reception. A downvote, and nothing else to say why so. You may have a point that I assumed the worst (about people not getting it), but neither does downvote w/o even a cursory explanation.
It is not as if we dropped out of our mothers and learnt to navigate the World A-class, from day-one.
Edit: I appreciate your trying to point out HN culture to me, but it could always be done without excessive snark (IMHO).
Or we could downmod it because the only thing less funny than an old meme is an old meme that the teller felt the need to pre-emptively explain?
Or... how about downmodding because saying that people would only do so "because they didn't get it immediately" implies that you think they're slow-witted? Insulting your audience is never a good way to get a warm reception.