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I smirked at the parent comment, and it didn't even slightly occur to me that someone might interpret its intent as serious and literal until I saw your comment

I smirked at the parent comment, and it didn't even slightly occur to me that someone might interpret its intent as serious and literal until I saw your comment.

michaelt 11mo ago
In my experience HNers are extremely credulous. As far as I can tell, there's no level of satire so heavy-handed and unsubtle that it won't get a reply taking it seriously. If anything, the more obviously ridiculous your suggestion, the more urgently HNers want to disagree.
- notahacker 11mo ago
  tbf, there's also almost no level of satire about business ideas so heavy handed and unsubtle that some HNers won't think it's an idea worth pitching to an investor...
- oblio 11mo ago
  I've been on the internet a long time. There are enough weirdos out there to make you understand humor doesn't scale, and it definitely doesn't scale across cultures. Things are different when you actually know people but we killed that when we killed forums.
  - fuzzfactor 11mo ago
    What a coincidence :) Friday night I'm going to help move equipment for my good friends in Benign Pestilence. They're opening for Barnyard Inoculations at the newly remodeled Allergen Aerator. And the big headliner of the night is of course, Miasma. Just back from the world tour. It's going to be a deathly Metal night !
    - oblio 11mo ago
      If it's supposed to be some sort of joke about sarcasm, I'm not getting it.
- minetest2048 11mo ago
  Partly because reality is getting more stranger faster than satire. There's even an entire subreddit dedicated to that
  - vacuity 11mo ago
    Yeah, I don't think "surely no one seriously believes this" is viable now, if it was before. Of course, what you choose to do with that conclusion is still up to you.
    - AceyMan 11mo ago
      I'm pretty sure the widespread adoption of Crocs heralded this tipping point. [viz., 'Idiocracy']
- dlivingston 11mo ago
  Autism-per-capita is very high here. :)
- nostrademons 11mo ago
  Poe's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
SapporoChris 11mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
renewiltord 11mo ago
I think it’s actually a pretty good comment. Most people would not know that skin and food exposure are different. This is something you are told as a parent though. E.g. My daughter had a skin reaction to (chicken) eggs at week 29 but tolerates them just fine as food and we were not particularly concerned but if no one had told us I would have thought it was a problem.
blargey 11mo ago
The "non-ingestion allergen exposure" thing is a dangerous and common misconception, and the business-idea "joke" doesn't hinge on knowing or recognizing this, nor does it encourage questioning that part of the premise.

I smirked at the parent comment, and it didn't even slightly occur to me that someone might interpret its intent as serious and literal until I saw your comment.

michaelt 11mo ago

In my experience HNers are extremely credulous. As far as I can tell, there's no level of satire so heavy-handed and unsubtle that it won't get a reply taking it seriously. If anything, the more obviously ridiculous your suggestion, the more urgently HNers want to disagree.

notahacker 11mo ago
tbf, there's also almost no level of satire about business ideas so heavy handed and unsubtle that some HNers won't think it's an idea worth pitching to an investor...
oblio 11mo ago
I've been on the internet a long time. There are enough weirdos out there to make you understand humor doesn't scale, and it definitely doesn't scale across cultures. Things are different when you actually know people but we killed that when we killed forums.
- fuzzfactor 11mo ago
  What a coincidence :) Friday night I'm going to help move equipment for my good friends in Benign Pestilence. They're opening for Barnyard Inoculations at the newly remodeled Allergen Aerator. And the big headliner of the night is of course, Miasma. Just back from the world tour. It's going to be a deathly Metal night !
  - oblio 11mo ago
    If it's supposed to be some sort of joke about sarcasm, I'm not getting it.
minetest2048 11mo ago
Partly because reality is getting more stranger faster than satire. There's even an entire subreddit dedicated to that
- vacuity 11mo ago
  Yeah, I don't think "surely no one seriously believes this" is viable now, if it was before. Of course, what you choose to do with that conclusion is still up to you.
  - AceyMan 11mo ago
    I'm pretty sure the widespread adoption of Crocs heralded this tipping point. [viz., 'Idiocracy']
dlivingston 11mo ago
Autism-per-capita is very high here. :)
nostrademons 11mo ago
Poe's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

SapporoChris 11mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

renewiltord 11mo ago

I think it’s actually a pretty good comment. Most people would not know that skin and food exposure are different. This is something you are told as a parent though. E.g. My daughter had a skin reaction to (chicken) eggs at week 29 but tolerates them just fine as food and we were not particularly concerned but if no one had told us I would have thought it was a problem.

blargey 11mo ago

The "non-ingestion allergen exposure" thing is a dangerous and common misconception, and the business-idea "joke" doesn't hinge on knowing or recognizing this, nor does it encourage questioning that part of the premise.