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Suicidal entries to King-of-the-Hill challenges.

EmoWolf EmoWolf was funny the first time, but it's getting it's getting out of hand out of hand.

While some not-too-serious answers are often necessary to kickstart a challenge, purely suicidal answers put in little effort and tend to get more upvotes than serious entries, simply because they're "funny".

I'm not suggesting that other answers that are for jokes shouldn't be allowed, but this specific kind that is not even trying to do anything. Submissions should at least play the game, even if badly or in a funny way.

Suicidal entries to King-of-the-Hill challenges.

EmoWolf was funny the first time, but it's getting out of hand.

While some not-too-serious answers are often necessary to kickstart a challenge, purely suicidal answers put in little effort and tend to get more upvotes than serious entries, simply because they're "funny".

I'm not suggesting that other answers that are for jokes shouldn't be allowed, but this specific kind that is not even trying to do anything. Submissions should at least play the game, even if badly or in a funny way.

Suicidal entries to King-of-the-Hill challenges.

EmoWolf was funny the first time, but it's getting out of hand.

While some not-too-serious answers are often necessary to kickstart a challenge, purely suicidal answers put in little effort and tend to get more upvotes than serious entries, simply because they're "funny".

I'm not suggesting that other answers that are for jokes shouldn't be allowed, but this specific kind that is not even trying to do anything. Submissions should at least play the game, even if badly or in a funny way.

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Not attemptingSuicidal entries to answer the questionKing-of-the-Hill challenges.

This is especially prevalent inEmoWolf was funny the first time, but it's getting out of hand .

While some not-too-serious answers are often necessary to kickstart a challenges. Many of them end up with an answer similar to EmoWolf:

Do nothing, and resign as soon as possible

Howeverchallenge, thesepurely suicidal answers that put in little effort and tend to get more upvotes than serious entries, simply because they're "funny".

I'm not suggesting that other answers that are for jokes shouldn't be allowed, but this specific kind that is not even trying to do anything. Submissions should at least play the game, even if badly or in a funny way.

Not attempting to answer the question

This is especially prevalent in challenges. Many of them end up with an answer similar to EmoWolf:

Do nothing, and resign as soon as possible

However, these answers that put in little effort tend to get more upvotes, simply because they're "funny".

I'm not suggesting that other answers that are for jokes shouldn't be allowed, but this specific kind that is not even trying to do anything.

Suicidal entries to King-of-the-Hill challenges.

EmoWolf was funny the first time, but it's getting out of hand .

While some not-too-serious answers are often necessary to kickstart a challenge, purely suicidal answers put in little effort and tend to get more upvotes than serious entries, simply because they're "funny".

I'm not suggesting that other answers that are for jokes shouldn't be allowed, but this specific kind that is not even trying to do anything. Submissions should at least play the game, even if badly or in a funny way.

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Not attempting to answer the question

This is especially prevalent in challenges. Many of them end up with an answer similar to EmoWolf:

Do nothing, and resign as soon as possible

However, these answers that put in little effort tend to get more upvotes, simply because they're "funny".

I'm not suggesting that other answers that are for jokes shouldn't be allowed, but this specific kind that is not even trying to do anything.

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