Nicholas_Covington comments on Not insane. Unsane. - Less Wrong

12 Post author: loup-vaillant 17 February 2012 11:43PM

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Comment author: Nicholas_Covington 18 February 2012 05:36:36PM -2 points [-]

"A world without humor is indistinguishable from hell." Try to laugh every once in a while, don't take my silly comments seriously.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 18 February 2012 06:37:54PM 4 points [-]

Useful advise: on the internet no one can tell when you're trying to be sarcastic.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 February 2012 07:07:51PM *  3 points [-]

“No one” is way too strong, but it is somewhat harder than in meatspace.

Comment author: JenniferRM 20 February 2012 05:23:45AM 0 points [-]

I notice that you didn't actually refute the claim. It seems that both you and the massively downvoted parent could both be true, and the combined suggestion is that communication incentives on the internet encourage a tendency towards hellishness...

O.o

...I'm not sure whether or how to update on this insight.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 February 2012 07:23:50PM 1 point [-]

On top of Eugine_Nier said, I would add that when your second post on a site is standing at -10 karma, then you should probably update on your comment being more offensive than funny, rather than just assuming that no one else has a sense of humor.