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> Pretty obviously joking. The problem with trying to sound so stupid you can't possibly be serious is that there are people who are seriously that stupid.
by derleth 14y ago
> Pretty obviously joking.
The problem with trying to sound so stupid you can't possibly be serious is that there are people who are seriously that stupid.
- eclipxe 14y agoPoe's Law [1] [1] http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PoesLaw http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PoesLaw
- jpdoctor 14y agoGreat list on that site, but I'm surprised they missed one of the granddaddies of such reports: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_tree_hoax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_tree_hoax
- raverbashing 14y agoYeah, for me what gave away is the 9000 requests on Digital Ocean, because obviously you can do 10x that just kidding, of course it was the last line
- randomdata 14y agoThere was a, presumably serious, post made here about Rails that was almost word-for-word, save the differing technical terms. The post here was obviously making fun of that other post, but I guess that would be lost without the prior context.