generic-man's Journal: Take jokes!

What's with the people on Slashdot who can't read a joke and take it at face value?

A line from "Office Space" brings a vitriolic look back at high school.

A joke about the sheer size of the Internet attracted some guy who decided to opine about backup storage methods. This reply was moderated to +4, sadly.

They're jokes, people. I know there's a way to automatically deduct points from "Funny" comments, but what about "Didn't get the joke" comments?