This got downvoted? Lighten up HN, it's a joke. The same comment on DN would have gotten a ton of upvotes, and the coldness of HN's lack of humor makes this place really off-putting.
Hacker News is already host to memes, trite boilerplate and pseudo-intellectual posing - drawing a line in the sand at humor seems like a futile gesture.
I also appreciate humor. What I don't appreciate are simple Reddit-level karma-grubbing jokes, and I will vote them down every single time.
You should be less cavalier with that broad brush. It isn't appreciated here.