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hyporational comments on Making Fun of Things is Easy - Less Wrong Discussion

32 Post author: katydee 27 September 2013 03:10AM

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Comment author: hyporational 06 October 2013 06:20:33AM 1 point [-]

I somewhat agree with this, but I had a much more casual interpretation in mind. The examples of jewish humour I've seen have all been quite witty, so they don't really count as "just laughing at the subject".

Just a data point: Your tone instinctively feels confrontational, and originally demotivated me from replying. Might be what turns off other people too. Is this intentional?

Comment author: Lumifer 07 October 2013 03:02:58PM 3 points [-]

Is this intentional?

Somewhat. The point is not to demotivate or turn off other people, the point is to liven up the exchange, as well as provide some entertainment and motivation. I am not averse to poking people with sharp pointy objects :-D but I don't object to being poked myself.

Comment author: hyporational 07 October 2013 03:34:23PM 0 points [-]

Ok, good to know. Livening things up is good. It's funny how a simple acknowledgement can shift your view of a user agent sailing in bitspace.

You'd make a good surgeon. Just remember keep those objects sharp.