Sarcasm on HN is exceptionally difficult. The closest I've been able to get us deliberately playing around with Poe's Law. The issue with doing so, however, is

Sarcasm on HN is exceptionally difficult. The closest I've been able to get us deliberately playing around with Poe's Law. The issue with doing so, however, is not being entirely sure if you're getting up votes because people are in on it or think you're serious. And if you let the cat out of the bag and confess to it, it ruins the joke! Both the reader and the writer are left in this nebulous liminal space of perpetual standoff with no one able to make a move. I quite like it, but it's an acquired taste for sure.