experiences with friends susceptible to poe's law

[Hansome duded]

"Poe's law is an adage that states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers or viewers as a sincere expression of the parodied views."

have any interesting cases of friends not realizing you were just joking? i have this one that does it a lot

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[Red Spy]

Not me but a friend told another friend that he was moving to Canada and he genuinely believed it for like a month

[Master Matthew²]

My life.

[The Resonte!]

constantly on this forum

[SteveJenkins]

if we don't understand each other to the point where we cant catch onto if a joke is being made or not, we aren't friends.

[Teneksi]

I'm pretty susceptible to it myself, if it's through text. When I realize it's a joke, I'm already so annoyed that the realization only makes it worse. Historically, that exact chain of events is probably a terribly high percentage of the bans I've made... "jokes on them I was only pretending" ringing in my mind

[Tactical Nuke]

I fall victim to this a lot even though I rail against other people doing it
trying to improve that

[The Resonte!]

i'm too oblivious to know when its a joke or not

:(