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That's an, uh, extremely suspect phrasing there, school textbook (lemmy.world)

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[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.