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Website: http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Poe's_Law
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From RationalWiki:

Poe's Law was originally formulated by Nathan Poe. The law emerged at the creationism versus evolution forum on the website Christianforums.com. Like most such places, it had seen a large number of creationist parody postings and these parody posts were usually followed by at least one user starting a flame war (a series of angry and offensive personal attacks) thinking it was a real post. Nathan Poe summarized this pattern in his original formulation of the law:

"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article."

The law caught on and has since slowly leaked out as an internet meme. Over time it has been reformulated to include more than just creationist parody but rather any parody of fundamentalism, whether religious, secular, or totally bonkers.

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Started by Фелч Гроган. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Apr 5. 9 Replies 0 Likes

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Lord Voldemort's PAC

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Steph S. Jul 29, 2012. 1 Reply 1 Like

In Hindsight, Maybe We Shouldn’t Have Let Lord…Continue

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Bill McKibben tongue in cheek

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Jul 3, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Bill McKibben on the Global Warming HoaxWe're only enjoying a disaster…Continue

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Let's sing "Every Sperm is Sacred"

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Spitter Mar 27, 2012. 1 Reply 1 Like

Despite being rebuffed by voters in Mississippi and Colorado, proponents of the “personhood” movement are still pushing to…Continue

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Political Poe? I don't think so, but one can hope.

Started by Michelle. Last reply by Фелч Гроган Jul 14, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes

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xXJesusIsLordXx

Started by Фелч Гроган. Last reply by OR@NGE May 21, 2010. 8 Replies 0 Likes

xXJesusIsLordXxThis one was mentioned in chat by Gwaithmir - and it's in the really out there category which I at first called Poe on. But…Continue

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I think Poe's Law should be streamlined

Started by Jason Spicer. Last reply by Jaume Apr 17, 2010. 4 Replies 0 Likes

As stated in this group, Poe's Law reads, "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for…Continue

Tags: parody, Colbert, satire, irony, Poe

Rap Poe

Started by Michelle. Last reply by Michelle Apr 5, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Now I'm just annoyed. I can not remove the embedded text and it will now show up as video. I've even tried deleting this one and adding a new discussion, but that will not work either. This just…Continue

Tags: M.C. Frontalot, Nerdcore, rap, music, poe

cblf.org

Started by Фелч Гроган. Last reply by Bryanderthal Mar 4, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Here's one that most people immediately call "Poe" on sight because it is way to transgressive too fully comprehend as reality -Christian Boylove ForumI'm posting…Continue

Tags: pedophiles, christian boylove forum, cblf.org

In Honor of TrueChristian :-)

Started by Trance Gemini Mar 3, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

TrueChristian has been trolling alt.atheism and Atheism vs Christianity for years and is hilarious.Everybody falls for it no matter how many times I identify him as a POE.The final clues to me where…Continue

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Comment by Фелч Гроган on February 18, 2010 at 10:25pm: I ate jebus and drank his blood. That's what they got Dahmer for.

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