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[grzm]

I'm pretty sure 'dang's referring to snark, which you called out in the comment he's responding to ("but being snarky is against the hn guidelines"), not sarcasm there. Though, I do think you're right that the community often reacts negatively to sarcasm. It usually doesn't add much substance to the conversation.

[robocat → grzm]

You are right - there is some nuance between sarcasm and snarkyness. Dang alludes to it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21187460

[saagarjha → grzm]

Often because sarcasm can be hard to detect textually.