Poe's Law Invocations
Commenters repeatedly reference Poe's Law to indicate that extreme or controversial statements in the discussion may be indistinguishable from sincere beliefs or intentional parody.
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Poe's Law is in full effect, here...
Poe's law applies, of course.
Poe's Law is strong in this one.
Let me introduce you to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
Is this you, Mr. Poe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
Poe's Law in action right here.
I think this is a case of Poe's law.
Have you heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law?
Poe's law in full effect here.
Clever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law