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by pdpht 2679 days ago
I don't understand the downvotes to the GP, he is clearly referring in jest to this.
1 comments

Thanks for noticing. I'm sorry that you got downvoted for it.

My comment was a test, I wanted to see how it played out. Even with such common knowledge topic, I see that there is not enough "tone" in my comment for people to be able to read its intention.

This is a similar case to Poe's law.

Next time I will try with ";)". I guess that it will clarify the intent of the comment.

So, no fault in the people that did not notice. Next time I will do better.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law