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1. the_af+(OP)
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2025-12-17 20:02:46
It's a testament to Poe's Law that I genuinely cannot tell if the OP was being funny or not.
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2. mrguyo+1e
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2025-12-17 21:18:51
>>the_af+(OP)
There's a reason why HN of all places has such a terrible record of handling actual sarcasm and telling it apart from genuine belief and that reason is NOT that "HN is really smart" lol
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2025-12-17 21:28:45
>>mrguyo+1e
Agreed! I think HN is average, and its userbase think themselves smarter than they really are.
... but I still cannot tell if the original commenter was sarcastic or not! ;)
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