Holy fucking shit, Jhodi, take your medication.
Everything you've just said has already been acknowledged by me. Denaut's post doesn't contradict me in any way, by the way.
Your claim: A poe must be indistinguishable for everybody from the real thing to be a "true Poe" (its funny that, at the core, your logical fallacy is no true scotsman, by the way)
Not my claim. My claim was that there needed to be a lack of OBVIOUS tipoffs that the content was satire in order for it to be Poe's Law. You pointed out that, as long as it's not obvious to SOMEBODY, no matter how ignorant that person is, it's still Poe's Law. I agreed, admitted I was wrong (that Poe's Law DOES include cases of reader stupidity that have nothing to do with the extremity of the views being parodied), but it still wasn't enough for you.
The reality: A poe must be indistinguishablefor somefrom the real thing to be a true Poe.
That isn't some arbitrary definition. That isthe only definition. Denault proved it. I've proved it, here and in the Gamergate thread, and you, sir, are fucking done.
Yes, I understand. This is exactly what I said your argument was
yesterday, remember?
My definition does not include the necessity that someone who falls for a Poe beingstupid, dumb, gullible, or ignorant. These are options among a realm of possibilities for why someone would fall for a Poe.
See? This is you stating, in no uncertain terms, that Poe's Law includes cases of stupidity, gullibility, and ignorance on the part of the person calling "Poe's Law". You were right, Jhodi. The calls of "Poe's Law" after
this articlewere very much examples of exactly that. I was wrong.
In case you're still not clear on YOUR OWN ACTUAL ARGUMENT, here it is again:
There is no other point or purpose to it, and the definition explicitly does not put the onus on the part of the people reading the parody to discern its parodic intent, itdoes not imply the people falling for the parody are stupid, ignorant, dumb, or gullible. Because, whilesome of them may be, others will not be.
This is why I was wrong. I had assumed idiots calling "Poe's Law" because they were too stupid to recognize obvious satire were not actually illustrating Poe's Law. You showed me that the definition of Poe's Law doesn't specify level of stupidity on the reader's part, and YOU WERE RIGHT.
How long do you want to continue an argument you've already won? YES, Jhodi, when you're too stupid to recognize obvious satire (as was the case for that article), THAT'S STILL TECHNICALLY POE'S LAW. What the fuck else do you want from me?