The Poe Paradox.

Jul 09, 2009 12:51

The Poe Paradox is a corollary to Poe's Law. It states that:

"In any fundamentalist group where Poe's Law applies, a paradox exists where any new person (or idea) sufficiently fundamentalist to be accepted by the group, is likely to be so ridiculous that they risk being rejected as a parodist (or parody)."

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hermine_93 July 9 2009, 22:07:11 UTC
This explains PETA's decision to rechristen fish "sea kittens" and then raise a huge fuss because Obama swatted a fly. I was convinced that they had secretly been taken over by satirists.

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