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<blockquote>Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of [[Fundamentalism]] that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of [[Fundamentalism]] that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing.</blockquote> | ||
| + | More generally, it refers to any speech which is sufficiently dogmatic as to be indistinguishable from parody. | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===Reference=== | ===Reference=== | ||
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| + | ** as of 2009-06-29, article had been deleted multiple times [[category:Wikipedia/deletions]] | ||
| + | ** as of 2009-10-10, redirects to a page which lists Edgar Allen Poe's law "That there is a maximum desirable length for poems". | ||
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Revision as of 23:58, 10 October 2009
Overview
Poe's Law is an adage which states, in its original form:
Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing.
More generally, it refers to any speech which is sufficiently dogmatic as to be indistinguishable from parody.
Links
Reference
Wikipedia- as of 2009-06-29, article had been deleted multiple times
- as of 2009-10-10, redirects to a page which lists Edgar Allen Poe's law "That there is a maximum desirable length for poems".
- RationalWiki