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You're kidding right? This wildfire isn't doing anything to help Canada's carbon footprint.
by sn0v 10y ago
You're kidding right? This wildfire isn't doing anything to help Canada's carbon footprint.
- cmelbye 10y agoI think/hope he was being sarcastic.
- tn13 10y agoI am not sure why learned members of HN don't get sarcasm. But anecdotally Trudeau was worried about carbon footprints from a camp fire he once attended, but these wildfires don't bother him.
- johnny22 10y agobecause you can't trust assuming sarcasm on this site.
- stephengillie 10y agoPeople come to HN to feel smart, and to discuss things that make them feel smart. Things nobody else in their house understands, like JSON and Node.js and jQuery. They don't feel smart when they can't tell if you're being facetious or literal.
- dredmorbius 10y agoPoe's law. I've seen far too many (AFAICT) absolutely sincerely intended idiotic statements here. I mostly simply let them fly. xkcd 386 only gets you so far. Adding a </s> tag to your comment helps.
- tn13 10y agoI don't think </s> is necessary one your rely on his/her own human intelligence.
- dredmorbius 10y agoEvidence suggests otherwise. Which is precisely what Poe's Law is about.
- triplesec 10y agoIt's pervasive aspergers. Generally people don't appreciate humour here, which is sad, but for the reason above, that many here find conversational implicature hard, and prefer clear, logical steps.