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− | Replying to a comment with "woosh" generally indicates that there was a joke, and the commenter failed to recognize it (or they prefer not to | + | Replying to a comment with "woosh" generally indicates that there was a joke, and the commenter failed to recognize it (or they prefer not to recognise it, if the joke is rather obscene) — "woosh" is an {{W|onomatopoeia}} for the joke metaphorically "flying over their head". A bot replying to comments with "woosh" at random would be very confusing, as people would search for the nonexistent joke they missed. This is similar to [[559: No Pun Intended]]. |
− | "Comment of the year," just like the original bot reply, could be taken two ways but both would likely cause confusion. Either the reader takes the "CotY" at face value, implying that the original comment is extremely significant, or as a sarcastic quip, which would give it basically the same meaning as "woosh", suggesting that the | + | "Comment of the year," just like the original bot reply, could be taken two ways but both would likely cause confusion. Either the reader takes the "CotY" at face value, implying that the original comment is extremely significant, or as a sarcastic quip, which would give it basically the same meaning as "woosh", suggesting that the commentor had an unoriginal or ridiculous idea. |
"Are you for real" implies that the commenter (the bot) doesn't believe that the original commenter is serious. | "Are you for real" implies that the commenter (the bot) doesn't believe that the original commenter is serious. |