Re:Yahoo scanned customer emails for US intelligence
by sangnoir on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @02:15AM
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I don't know if the type of humor itself has a name, but the technique it employs is misdirection, of which there are many variations such as posing a question to 1 of 2 very different people, when the more suitable target (to audience) starts to answer, asker then says "I wasn't talking to you"
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