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Re:White hat social engineering: How to become an admin of a... by mehrdadn on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:49PM (#23174277)
> No one remembers why you’re admin, but you’re setting the rules now so no one can dispute it. Victory!

I really don't think this is ambiguous. It's very clearly meant to be funny rather than serious.

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Re:White hat social engineering: How to become an admin of a... by pdonis on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:59PM (#23174789)
> I really don't think this is ambiguous. It's very clearly meant to be funny rather than serious.

Taking individual sentences in isolation is one thing.

Taking them in the context of the entire post is another. In the context of the entire post, I see plenty of ambiguity in this sentence.

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Re:White hat social engineering: How to become an admin of a... by SirSavary on Thursday May 14, 2020 @07:27PM (#23186933)
Although I'm sure the author had no malicious intent, I'm reminded of certain subcultures disguising not-so-great behavior behind comedy so they can claim it isn't serious when criticized.

Edit: and I've just now remembered what a great laugh I had reading some of the language in "The Anarchist Cookbook" even though all those non-traditional fire recipes were certainly meant to be used for some kind of malicious act :)

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