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shhehebehdh | karma 359 | avg karma 4.54 · 2019-03-28 04:28:28+00:00

I like the original more without your embellishment. The addition sounds like every attempt at follow up humor on reddit.

labster | karma 9935 | avg karma 3.3 · 2019-03-28 06:15:00

Yeah but it's not Reddit, it's HN. You have to know your audience, read the crowd. On Reddit it's 90% sarcasm so there's no fixing it. Here it's the reverse and people take things seriously without a tell. You just have to bury the tell in another joke or it will ruin the funny.

Dylan16807 | karma 31639 | avg karma 1.39 · 2019-03-28 07:22:53

"given that software can't [ridiculous thing no one has ever claimed]" is plenty for a tell.

Aeolun | karma 23207 | avg karma 2.16 · 2019-03-28 13:12:52

Just the fact that this “fix” exists tells you some people believe differently.

rujuladanh | karma 130 | avg karma 2.28 · 2019-03-28 09:10:08+00:00

If you can’t discern the joke, the joke isn’t for you to begin with; so it doesn’t matter.