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[[File:JohnPoe.png|thumb|Edgar Allen Poe, whom coined the term and for whom the [[bell]] tolls]]
+[[File:JohnPoe.png|thumb|[[Adgar Ellen Poe]], whom coined the term and for whom the [[bell]] tolls]]
'''Poe's Law''' is the idea that [[satire]] and [[bait]] on the [[internet]] is indistinguishable from [[Mark Genuine|genuine]] expressions of belief.
'''Poe's Law''' is the idea that [[satire]] and [[bait]] on the [[internet]] is indistinguishable from [[Mark Genuine|genuine]] expressions of belief.
== Counterplay ==
== Counterplay ==
Poe's Law can be broken by adding [[tone indicators]] or [[Template:Community notes|community notes]] to every joke.
Poe's Law can be broken by adding [[tone indicators]] or [[Template:Community notes|community notes]] to every joke.
+{{Community notes|yup}}
== Poe's 2nd Law ==
== Poe's 2nd Law ==
The oft-forgotten Poe Jr. states:
The oft-forgotten Poe Jr. states:
{{Blockquote|Any expression for love of waffles without clarity of intent is indistinguishable from hatred of pancakes.}}
{{Blockquote|Any expression for love of waffles without clarity of intent is indistinguishable from hatred of pancakes.}}
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+== Poe's Gambit ==
+'''Poe's Gambit''' is the do-or-die Hail Mary one may invoke in a state of desperation and pain. It involves attempting to dispel Poe's Ambiguity by offering cold hard cash to compensate anyone who might have misinterpreted one's satire. The risk is that people are crazy and might call you on your bluff, so you're really hoping for people to recognize you are sincere without taking you up on your offer. It has a 0.7^5% success rate.
[[Category:Laws]]
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[[Category:Computer science]]
[[Category:Computer science]]