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They were probably joking when they asked that question.

Your reply doesn't seem sarcastic, so I take it you genuinely r/whoosh'ed (that's a reference to a subreddit about situations where someone is acting clueless).




Realistically, I don't think HN is the place for those kinds of jokes, which are best kept for reddit/twitter.


Yeah I'm increasingly seeing these reddit-style low effort jokes on here, hopefully it's transient as folks acclimatize to the culture and customs here.


I know ;) Some people still value an explanation though.




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