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		maratd on Aug 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blit: a multitasking, windowed Unix GUI from 1982 He was being sarcastic... unless you're being sarcastic too? Newsflash. Sarcasm on the Internet does not work unless you use <sarcasm> tags!

molmalo on Aug 29, 2012 | [–]

Just an example of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poes_law

derleth on Aug 29, 2012 | [–]

> Sarcasm on the Internet does not work unless you use <sarcasm> tags!

It works fine:

If I'm sarcastic and you don't get it, it's because you're incompetent at reading.

If you're sarcastic and I don't get it, it's because you're incompetent at writing.

See? Perfect!

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