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Do the responses to my previous question here demonstrate the power of Poe's Law?

None of the responders to my previous question here (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200910... realized that my question was a parody. IMO, that's not the fault of those who responded.

Instead, could it be evidence that Poe's Law applies to the AGW "skeptic" community?

Poe's Law states that it is difficult to construct a parody of a fundamentalist/kook argument that is easily distinguishable from the genuine article.

Update:

Corrected link to my previous question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqSm3...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I made a total joke question about something that wasn't a fundamentalist/kook argument and I still got serious answers

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqREQ...

    you will laugh.

  • 1 decade ago

    Apparently bravozulu still doesn't get it.

    But yes, there's a website called Denial Depot which is a perfect example of Poe's Law.

    http://denialdepot.blogspot.com/

    It does such a good job parodying deniers - whose arguments are so utterly ridiculous - that sometimes it's hard to tell that it's a parody!

    As with your question, there have been many cases of AGW proponents parodying deniers in their questions where the only way to know it was a parody was to know the asker wasn't a denier.

  • David
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I knew it was a parody, but then again I already knew from your previous posts that you were an AGW proponent. It is certainly very difficult to write a denier post ridiculous enough that it becomes obvious that it is a parody; some people here are quite stupid so you would have some stiff competition.

  • JimZ
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    When you are on the fundamentalist kook side, it is extremely hard.

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  • Rio
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    So what is the mathematical relationship that expresses; humor : truth=? Now you can have some real fun.

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