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It may not have been obvious but I was being sarcastic. I thought the use of the word "filthy" when describing workers was bombastic enough to get my sarcasm ac
by lovich 3y ago
It may not have been obvious but I was being sarcastic. I thought the use of the word "filthy" when describing workers was bombastic enough to get my sarcasm across, but I do understand how this is a site filled with temporarily embarrassed billionaires and I could have hit Poe's law.
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- rychco 3y agoI’ll be honest I thought you were serious too until I read this reply. That being said, I know I’ve personally (as a US citizen) been conditioned from a young age to believe unions are a mixed-bag at best & outright criminal at worst. I also know as a matter of fact that this conditioning is incorrect, so there’s an odd feeling of momentary ambivalence whenever it pops back into my head.
- ryandrake 3y agoGood sarcasm mixes in seamlessly with legit, sincerely held beliefs, and Hacker News has built up a sizable subset audience of people sincerely simping and white-knighting for corporations.
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoLove the fight between embarrassed billionaires and embarrassed commissars.
- lovich 3y agoI’m fairly certain the non billionaire “temporarily embarrassed billionaires” are much less forthright with their ideology than the commissars are. Tbh I’ve heard a lot of critique of communists but this this the first time I’ve heard someone claim they were embarrassed about their position
- neither_color 3y agoI like how inflation has made having a million just ever so slightly realistic for enough people(heck you can get million dollar mortgages now) that Steinbeck's quote has been changed to "temporarily embarrassed billionaires"
- rsynnott 3y agoOn matters relating to Naughty Old Mr Car in particular, it can be difficult to tell; Poe’s Law is in full effect with some of his weirder fanboys.