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Poe's Law

56 points by pook 16y ago

natep 16y ago
americaspeakingout.com is filled with examples of this law in action.
- Detrus 16y ago
  Republicans quickly established a powerful online presence with that project. poe'd!
- dandelany 16y ago
  "I propose a constitutional amendment that solidifies the fact that America is a Christian Nation to counteract the liberals assertation that it is not. " Q.E.D.
hoelle 16y ago
Stephen Colbert is a good example. Seen a few people not realize he's a satirist right away.
- warfangle 16y ago
  Seen an entire reception planning system not realize he was a satirist. See: 2006 whitehouse correspondent's dinner.
  - aston 16y ago
    The Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner invites comedians knowingly. Wanda Sykes was a speaker for Obama's first one.
    - jbooth 16y ago
      Yeah, but they usually don't brazenly humiliate the President and the entire Washington press corps simultaneously.
losethos 16y ago
God says... exorbitant I_quit humuongous astrophysics
novum 16y ago
Poe's Law is a staple in just about every religion/philosophy forum I've ever visited, especially when a new poster comes along. It's easy to come across as suspiciously Poe-like on the Internet. Double credit to Colbert for pulling it off on TV.
t00sha 16y ago
and it does not apply to liberal ideas, does it? Remember PETA sent this thing to catch flies when Obama killed a fly on air with his bare hand? I'd say it's joke, but it's on their website: http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f.php http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f.php
- philwelch 16y ago
  I've never seen it applied to liberal ideas but I'm sure it's possible. Part of the problem is that English speakers (and Americans) are far enough to the right of the rest of the world that you can actually find earnest and serious proponents of far-left ideas that, to English speakers, are absolutely insane.
rms 16y ago
My favorite example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvVAV09-dQ8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvVAV09-dQ8
oozcitak 16y ago
This instantly reminded me of Pastafarianism: http://www.venganza.org/ http://www.venganza.org/

Poe's Law

56 points by pook 16y ago

natep 16y ago

americaspeakingout.com is filled with examples of this law in action.

Detrus 16y ago
Republicans quickly established a powerful online presence with that project. poe'd!
dandelany 16y ago
"I propose a constitutional amendment that solidifies the fact that America is a Christian Nation to counteract the liberals assertation that it is not. " Q.E.D.

hoelle 16y ago

Stephen Colbert is a good example. Seen a few people not realize he's a satirist right away.

warfangle 16y ago
Seen an entire reception planning system not realize he was a satirist. See: 2006 whitehouse correspondent's dinner.
- aston 16y ago
  The Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner invites comedians knowingly. Wanda Sykes was a speaker for Obama's first one.
  - jbooth 16y ago
    Yeah, but they usually don't brazenly humiliate the President and the entire Washington press corps simultaneously.

losethos 16y ago

God says... exorbitant I_quit humuongous astrophysics

novum 16y ago

Poe's Law is a staple in just about every religion/philosophy forum I've ever visited, especially when a new poster comes along. It's easy to come across as suspiciously Poe-like on the Internet. Double credit to Colbert for pulling it off on TV.

t00sha 16y ago

and it does not apply to liberal ideas, does it? Remember PETA sent this thing to catch flies when Obama killed a fly on air with his bare hand? I'd say it's joke, but it's on their website: http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f.php http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f.php

philwelch 16y ago
I've never seen it applied to liberal ideas but I'm sure it's possible. Part of the problem is that English speakers (and Americans) are far enough to the right of the rest of the world that you can actually find earnest and serious proponents of far-left ideas that, to English speakers, are absolutely insane.

rms 16y ago

My favorite example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvVAV09-dQ8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvVAV09-dQ8

oozcitak 16y ago

This instantly reminded me of Pastafarianism: http://www.venganza.org/ http://www.venganza.org/