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Klonoaryesterday at 5:26 PM1 replyview on HN

No, I don’t. It doesn’t apply here because the comment you responded to is written in such a sarcastic manner that you have to be willfully obtuse to miss it.


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throwaway150yesterday at 7:08 PM

Did you even read the link I gave you? It already addresses exactly the scenario you mention. That no matter how obviously sarcastic the comment is, it can still be seen as a sincere comment. Please re-read it.

But TBH in this case I couldn't tell whether the parent comment was sincere or sarcastic. But that's not the point. Poe's law applies even when the comment is obviously sarcastic.