Body language and inflections are nuances that are lost in text but contribute heavily to sarcasm.
Also, it’s been really difficult these last few years to determine the difference between a blatant joke and someone’s perceived reality, which is downright terrifying if you think about it too long.
It’s not psuedoscience, it’s simply the observation that, as this thread shows, it can often be difficult to tell the difference between satire and honestly held opinions. I question your understanding of the word “psuedoscience,” if you think it applies to Poe’s Law.
May I ask what, in your opinion, makes him so great?
That poster was being sarcastic, and based on the downvote count a lot of people didn’t get it.
Given the prevalence of trolls and truly unhinged assholes on the internet these days, I think a /s tag is probably in order.
They were too well spoken to be a real trump supporter.
Dehumanizing your enemy is the first step towards underestimating them.
They might try behaving like humans instead of sheep, then
My shit will turn purple and smell like rainbow sherbet before any magat resembles a functioning, reasonable human.
Body language and inflections are nuances that are lost in text but contribute heavily to sarcasm.
Also, it’s been really difficult these last few years to determine the difference between a blatant joke and someone’s perceived reality, which is downright terrifying if you think about it too long.
You’ve basically summarized 4chan
Poe’s Law in effect
Specious pseudoscience.
It’s not psuedoscience, it’s simply the observation that, as this thread shows, it can often be difficult to tell the difference between satire and honestly held opinions. I question your understanding of the word “psuedoscience,” if you think it applies to Poe’s Law.
The idea that someone would genuinely believe that isn’t very far fetched at all. If they’re being sarcastic, they’re not very good at it.
The comparison to Abraham Lincoln didn’t do it for you?
Anyway, I checked that poster’s comment history briefly and he doesn’t seem like a Trumper to me.
It’s Poe’s Law in action. In this age of unreality it can be almost impossible to tell the difference between satire and honestly held opinions.
Ain’t Lemmy great?
The direct evidence that implicates his campaign team and hopefully puts his ass in jail.