This got downvoted? Lighten up HN, it's a joke. The same comment on DN would have gotten a ton of upvotes, and the coldness of HN's lack of humor makes this place really off-putting.
I also appreciate humor. What I don't appreciate are simple Reddit-level karma-grubbing jokes, and I will vote them down every single time.
You should be less cavalier with that broad brush. It isn't appreciated here.
Hacker News is already host to memes, trite boilerplate and pseudo-intellectual posing - drawing a line in the sand at humor seems like a futile gesture.