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I think more likely there are just a lot of 4chan users on this site. And some subset of those take perceived attacks like these quite personally.
by dmreedy 4y ago
I think more likely there are just a lot of 4chan users on this site. And some subset of those take perceived attacks like these quite personally.
- Apocryphon 4y agoI was joking- I think it's just HN being really good at jumping down the wrong rabbit holes and bike-shedding ad nauseam, while completely missing the point of an OP.
- yodon 4y ago>Is Discord PR active in this thread? ... >I was joking This might be a good opportunity to read up again on Poe's law[0]. It pretty much always applies when one tries to make jokes like this on the web. Sarcasm and irony only work as intended when talking with people who know you personally or with people who assume they know your viewpoints. If people don't have reason to believe they know your viewpoint, they hear your sarcasm as literal (and frequently think poorly of you, as a result). [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- plaguepilled 4y agoPoe's law is hot garbage though. If someone misses context because they're not privy to sarcasm, that isn't automatically the speaker's fault.
- kajaktum 4y agoSarcasm doesn’t work with text based medium. Is this sarcasm?
- plaguepilled 4y ago[flagged]
- account42 4y agoYou'll hear better if you move over here.
- plaguepilled 4y agoI don't see how moving to Appleland in Delltopia would affect my hearing but I'll take your word for it.
- kelipso 4y ago[flagged]