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Poe's law applies, it's deadpan humor, finance Borat IMHO it is very well executed, pushes the right buttons, and ultimately raises the question of financial r
by pas 10mo ago
Poe's law applies, it's deadpan humor, finance Borat
IMHO it is very well executed, pushes the right buttons, and ultimately raises the question of financial realism (if the market acts like it's true is it true? how far is it from something that you can use to pay your taxes with? and so on)
- caminante 10mo agoI don't get how this is pushing buttons that mainstream business outlets haven't openly ridiculed in non-opinion pieces. It's a satire blog that's confusing or misleading people (See top HN comments.) and not getting strong reactions. Poe's law is when someone's being sarcastic and they add a smirk emoji to avoid/seek -/+ votes. Feels different here.
- fragmede 10mo agoPoe's law is when sarcasm is confused for something serious. Using /s to mark you're sarcasm as sarcasm is a cop out (which I reflexively downvote on).
- caminante 10mo agoI'd offer that Poe's law is when you can't tell sarcasm or not [0] and it applies more to comments/reactions. I don't think the term really applies here, and I also despise the emoji copouts. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- pas 10mo agoThere's probably an audience that doesn't read mainstream business outlets, but still has some adjacency to it through VC/startup/entrepreneurship circles. Is it confusing people though? Have you read the real one?
- jrflowers 10mo ago> It's a satire blog that's confusing or misleading people (See top HN comments.) I think it’s equally possible that we have a blind-leading-the-blind situation here, ie one guy didn’t get the joke, posted a serious chat gpt summary, and some people assumed it was a serious article. Seeing as that was the top comment for a while, I’d bet that this discussion is a great example of how using LLMs to “understand” things can actually have the reverse effect.
- caminante 10mo agoI like your phrasing. It's more diplomatic than what I was getting to after struggling to not allude to modafinil or Asperger's.