On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 17:42:27 +0300 Georgi Guninski <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 08:23:31PM -0600, Mirimir wrote: > > Please help me calibrate my irony detector. > > > > This was irony. Yes? > > > <SNIP> > > > > This was not irony. Yes? > > > > This might be related to Poe's law: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law The vast majority of human society operates on the principle of unintentional self-parody. > > --- > Poe's law is an internet adage which states that, without a clear > indicator of the author's intent, parodies of extremism are > indistinguishable from sincere expressions of extremism. > ---
