On: Save IE6

[bromley]

I was finding it hilarious until I got to:

"SaveIE6.com was put together as an April Fool’s joke by the uptime monitoring service Pingdom. Due to the tremendous interest it has received we have decided to keep this site up and running. Thanks everyone for the great feedback and for enjoying the irony!"

Perhaps it's because I'm British (we Brits can be a little particular about humour, especially irony), but I don't think a joke like that should explicitly identify itself as such.

[yannickmahe → bromley]

I'd agree but reading this comment thread shows a lot of people don't get that it is a joke.

[jrwoodruff → yannickmahe]

Which really makes it that much more funny.

[nakkiel → jrwoodruff]

Exactly. I didn't bother reading the whole page but came back right away on HN to check the comment thread. You guys though are killing all the fun.

[derleth → bromley]

> I don't think a joke like that should explicitly identify itself as such.

Ideally, you'd be right. The problem is that so many people also don't think a joke should explicitly identify itself by being funny.