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		jemfinch on June 17, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I don't program in my spare time. Does that make m... I catch the irony, but I'm not confident that it really contributes to the discussion here. Look at the comment thread it's produced: practically nothing of any consequence or interest.

Calamitous on June 17, 2011 [–]

Yes. Good programmers must also be humorless drones that post disapprovingly when others are clearly enjoying themselves.

jemfinch on June 18, 2011 | [–]

Humor is funny. That post was a sarcastic expression of an obvious truth. Neither the tone nor the obviousness was what I come to HN for.

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