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Re:Stanford Hates Fun by MerelyMortal on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:12PM (#34121633)
I think you should have included the /s tag. Since they don't actually do all of that stuff, it goes to show that ratio is ridiculous.
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Re:Stanford Hates Fun by rainbowzootsuit on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:01PM (#34122538)
You got the /s. I thought it would be implicit.
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Re:Stanford Hates Fun by nobody9999 on Saturday December 24, 2022 @09:19PM (#34123436)
>You got the /s. I thought it would be implicit.

As sad as it may be, Poe's Law[0] really is a thing:

   Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture saying that, 
   without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any 
   parody of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers
   for a sincere expression of the views being parodied.
I've been bitten by that more than once, myself. C'est la vie, eh?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

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