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(This comment originally said only, "Don't do that." That was rude, so I'm replacing it with the following. I apologize if you already saw that.)
As a general rule, I'd prefer that people don't make silly jokes on this website, as that's one first step in the slippery slope toward making this site just another reddit.
Paul Graham:
Curious. I was just reading Jerome Tuccille's book on the history of libertarianism through his eyes, and when he discusses how Objectivism turned into a cult one of the issues apparently was a lack of acceptance of humor.
I disagree with your blanket policy on jokes. I don't want to be a member of an organization that prohibits making fun of said organization (or its well-respected members); these types of organizations tend to have poor track records. I would, of course, fully support a ban on bad jokes, where "bad" is defined as "an unfunny joke that makes me want to downvote your comment, oh look, here's me downvoting it".
That said, I upvoted your comment for the honest clarification.
(I try to simply not vote on comments that actually make me laugh - there is a conflict between the part of me that wants LW to be Serious Business and the part of me that wants unexpected laughs, and such comments tend to get more karma than would be fair anyway.)
I usually operate using this definition, with one tweak: I'm more likely to upvote a useful comment if it's also funny. I'm unlikely to upvote a comment if it's only funny; and though the temptation to make those arises, I try hard to save it for reddit.
Does it count as a joke if I mention that every time I see your username I think of TROGDOR?
(This is only one of many similar mildly obsessive thought patterns that I have.)