The Wii is in Trouble.

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Demotruk said:

tarheel91 said:
Okay, since it's on the second page, I'll explain it a bit. Duh, it's a joke thread. I thought the absurdity of the arguments would give it away. I mean, for my "randomly selected page" it was alphabetically organized so that all the Petz titles would show up. I referenced two gamecubes ducktaped together. I did everything I could.

I'm also disappointed no one noticed my subtle tribute to Rol's Wii Bingo thread and fkusumot's famous tag line in one.

I figured this site was missing something with Rol gone, so I tried to fill in as best I could.

Rol had no part in this piece (aside from inspiring it). I wrote it, and I'd hope my lack of awkwardly worded phrases is enough to show Rol didn't (English being my first language and all).

Absurdity is not always enough to be identifiable parody. Both those things in your first paragraph are done by people who would hold those opinions sincerely. The Petz page is cherrypicking, not exactly an uncommon tactic. The "duct tape" comment is not uncommon.

 

As a demonstration of the fact that absurdity is not always enough, check the links on this page and see if you can identify the ones that are parodies:

 

http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Poe's_Law#Test_yourself.21

Actually , that link you gave doesn't prove anything. maybe YOU had trouble identifying which sites were parodies but me and my little bro, who i brought to take the "test" with me, we both scored 7/7 in recognising whcih sites were parodies... >_>

so to tarheel91, i think the thread was awsome, really well written. i guess if the thread was any more subtle you would be getting flamed to a crisp by members thinking it's real. right now it's a balance between subtle enough to "get" some people yet obvious enough to not get flamed by everyone who reads the thread.

but i still think more subtle == more FUN ;)