As a proud member of the “discussion is net-negative” side, I shall gladly attempt to establish consensus using my favorite method — dictatorial power!
It seems like one of the most useful features of having agreement separate from karma is that it lets you vote up the joke and vote down the meaning :)
Would be curious to hear more about what kinds of discussion you think are net negative—clearly some types of discussion between some people are positive.
(Oh no, I was just making a joke, that people broadly against discussion might not be up for the sorts of consensus-building methods that acylhalide proposes—i.e. more discussion.)
(I guess their comment seems more obviously self-defeating and thus amusing when it appears in Recent Discussion, divorced of the context of the post.)
I got the joke after a moment. In retrospect, I’ll admit that it was a bit funny, but my initial offense at the literal meaning crushed any humor I might have felt in the moment.
As a proud member of the “discussion is net-negative” side, I shall gladly attempt to establish consensus using my favorite method — dictatorial power!
It seems like one of the most useful features of having agreement separate from karma is that it lets you vote up the joke and vote down the meaning :)
Would be curious to hear more about what kinds of discussion you think are net negative—clearly some types of discussion between some people are positive.
(Oh no, I was just making a joke, that people broadly against discussion might not be up for the sorts of consensus-building methods that acylhalide proposes—i.e. more discussion.)
(I guess their comment seems more obviously self-defeating and thus amusing when it appears in Recent Discussion, divorced of the context of the post.)
This joke also didn’t land with me.
K, I’ll try another one again in a year.
I got the joke after a moment. In retrospect, I’ll admit that it was a bit funny, but my initial offense at the literal meaning crushed any humor I might have felt in the moment.