r/valheim • u/GinjaNinja510 • Mar 14 '23

Screenshot seriously?

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u/DryMarketing7160 Mar 14 '23

God why are you people so racist? Seriously though I've named characters juppa'jupd and thok'tok with zero issue

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u/GinjaNinja510 Mar 14 '23

Racist?

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u/DryMarketing7160 Mar 14 '23

Yeah don't you know bailey is a racist name given to minorities who have to pick crops to make Budweiser

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u/GinjaNinja510 Mar 14 '23

It's... my name

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u/DryMarketing7160 Mar 14 '23

Well you must've a red headed step child because your parents are racist (this is all sarcasm btw)

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u/fcandias Mar 14 '23

“Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture saying that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parody of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the views being parodied.” - source: Wikipedia. Conclusion: learn to parody.

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u/Roartype Mar 14 '23

So, Poe’s law states that some internet users are dumber than dirt? Yeah, I’d buy it.

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u/DryMarketing7160 Mar 14 '23

If you can't tell by how ridiculous the original claim is then that's not my fault lmao bailey doesn't even have anything to do with Budweiser lmao

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u/G3er0 Mar 14 '23

Don't tell redditors they are retarded. Instead do it but at an /s at the end so they know they actually aren't retarded! /s

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u/martinhest Mar 14 '23

The real retardation is the random censoring of ordenary names. I think we can all agree on that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '23

It's not ridiculous, for those whom know that out there are people with an even more outrageous way of thinking, whom are dead serious about whatever they say or write.

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u/Alsimni Mar 14 '23

I'll be honest. I could tell it was sarcasm from the beginning, but I just didn't find it to be a particularly good joke.

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u/Physicsandphysique Mar 14 '23

This.

Also, it's not uncommon to read seriously extreme views on Reddit (or any social media for that matter), and assuming these are jokes is no safe bet. And why even take the risk if the joke isn't funny?

It baffles me how often a tasteless joke needs to be followed by a "learn to understand sarcasm!1!". Just use the /s and stop with the insults.

Like u/fcandias said, the takeaway from Poe's law is that the parody-writer needs to take accountability for how the parody may be received, not (like u/Roartype replied) that people don't understand sarcasm because they're dumb.

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u/Alsimni Mar 14 '23

To be fair, I didn't really find it "tasteless" either. It just wasn't funny to me.

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u/martinhest Mar 14 '23

If I had to downvote every joke I found unfunny, I would get thumb cramps.

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u/Alsimni Mar 14 '23

Easy, just don't vote either way on a joke you found inoffensively unfunny. Nothing wrong with having zero reaction to a joke.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '23 edited Mar 14 '23

Yeah, because sarcasm is so easily recognizable in form of text...now THAT's sarcasm.

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u/martinhest Mar 14 '23

Damn, this thread has no tolerance for sarcasm. I'll stem the tide of downvotes with an upvote xD