[RandomGuyDTB]

Ah, Hacker News, where you get downvoted for making a joke.

(to be truthful this comment didn't really add anything, which makes it fair game to downvote, but I still got a bit of surprise seeing a decent joke grayed out)

[StavrosK]

It was a joke, yes. I knew it'd get downvoted when I made it, but I thought it was worth the price.

[m0xte]

Well I enjoyed it. I’m sure I’ll be downvoted by the resident Vulcans for encouraging deviant behaviour immediately.

[anon73044]

This isn't reddit or imgur. Why would you expect it to behave like it was?

It's literally in the guidelines: >Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.