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Re: Threat Model: Parents
On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 17:42:27 +0300
Georgi Guninski <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 08:23:31PM -0600, Mirimir wrote:
> > Please help me calibrate my irony detector.
> >
> > This was irony. Yes?
> >
> <SNIP>
> >
> > This was not irony. Yes?
> >
>
> This might be related to Poe's law:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
The vast majority of human society operates on the principle of
unintentional self-parody.
>
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> Poe's law is an internet adage which states that, without a clear
> indicator of the author's intent, parodies of extremism are
> indistinguishable from sincere expressions of extremism.
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