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There are good ships, and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships, and may they always be.

And that is my ship toast for the day.

This might be the first Hackernews thread in history where you can get away with shitposting. (As examples only, of course.)

Possibly, yes. I have noticed a de-grumpifying effect over the past year or so. Early Hacker News had a strong pedantic voice that bordered on parody, almost painfully so when discussing inoffensive topics.

Maybe it’s been Dang’s gradual moderation work or a natural shift in the community, but people here seem to have relaxed…a bit.

I think they did a change to the guidelines a few years back that might've contributed to it.

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