The Greatest Dilemma of Mankind

Due to my "Excellent" karma rating on Slashdot, I often find myself with modpoints to burn (literally; I usually don't bother spending them until the day they are set to expire). This morning I encountered a situation I really don't care to be in, but frequently am. What the hell am I talking about? I'm referring to posts wherein a user has attempted to say something funny and failed. Rather than be ignored, this user is sometimes (as in today's case) unfairly marked as offtopic, flamebait, troll, or redundant. It's not that what he/she said accurately falls into one of these categories. If their post was OT, flamebait, trolling, or redundant, then I would ignore it and move on. The problem is namely that their post is fine, it's just not funny. And as in real life when I'm faced with someone who tries to tell a joke but fails miserably, I'm left with the task of making a quick decision whether or not to pretend to laugh. So here I am, staring at this shitty post marked Troll that is 1) not offensive to anybody in the least; 2) completely on-topic; and, sadly, 3) that I don't find funny even in an extremely liberal definition of the word. Shall I bump it up to Funny out of pity to give this poor bastard a break on his karma, even though I don't find it funny at all? Or should I do what I always do: moderate comments based on their value to me rather than as a way of balancing out the moderations of others. It's just a tech news website, after all. A tech news website filled with liberals complaining Slashdot is too full of conservatives, conservatives complaining Slashdot is too full of liberals, Libertarian Party members complaining about everyone, Linux enthusiasts complaining about Microsoft, Windows enthusiasts bitching that every article is anti-Microsoft, and so on. Oh, and 99% of them are Americans and when your English-as-a-second-language post contains a couple of typos, they jump on your spelling and completely avoid arguing the topic. How dare someone outside the United States want to discuss technology? Did they not read this article? Nobody messes with lucky #7, bitches!