On: 'Rent-a-person who does nothing' in Tokyo receives...

[KaoruAoiShiho]

Jokes like these are literally not allowed on HN.

[jachee → KaoruAoiShiho]

At the risk of getting too meta, the words "joke" "funny" and "humor" don't appear on the HN Guidelines[0] page at all. Nothing in there about staying 100% serious 100% of the time.

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[fwip → jachee]

I mean, the second sentence of the "In Comments" section:

> Be kind. Don't be snarky.

In this case it's snarking at the consulting company, but is that alright because they're not actually involved in the story or thread?

[jrh206 → fwip]

Jokes aren’t necessarily snarky - I don’t read any malicious undertone from this joke, which I think is necessary to be considered snarky

[11thEarlOfMar → KaoruAoiShiho]

It's so funny that you said 'literally'.

[KaoruAoiShiho → KaoruAoiShiho]

Wow I can't believe I'm actually downvoted for this lmao. Eternal september indeed. Guess I'm getting old.

[fastball → KaoruAoiShiho]

I think I missed that part of the HN guidelines, could you point me in the right direction?

[fhools → KaoruAoiShiho]

wait, are you making a joke there?