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It doesn't matter if people think they're clever or funny, a core tenet of HN is that you downvote cute jokes so that they don't eat all the real discussion like they do on Reddit.

It is a semi-noob illusion that satire and irony-- which underscore & catalyse discussion about relevant and important issues; should be reserved for Reddit. Often, satire is used when it may be difficult to confront an issue directly/the issue itself (or discussion) could be unpopular.

My account is older than yours.

Likely because they don't add substantively to the topic conversation and are distracting given discussions going on in other threads.

Simple really, joke that is not adding anything to the discussion is not appreciated here.

Dang I was being sarcastic myself, sorry.