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		scott_s on June 30, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox 3.5 Private Browsing We've had the discussion before, but humor can get modded up. It just needs to actually funny, as opposed to just the poster thinking it's funny. (You're not as funny as you think you are.)

msg on June 30, 2009 [–]

We also associate off-color humor with Digg/Reddit trolling, and with people who like to hear the sound of their own voice.

So another requirement is that humorous antics improve the signal to noise ratio.

mickt on July 1, 2009 | [–]

RTFM?

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