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Cheesesentience: /* Explanation */

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Jacky720: rv

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 19:19, 4 May 2022

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While False: Undo revision 240320 by Ex Kay Cee Dee (talk)

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 17:15, 4 May 2022

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Lettherebedarklight: /* Transcript */ (typing)

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Galaktos: /* Explanation */ use singular they

2020-11-08T14:46:05Z

‎Explanation: use singular they

Dgbrt: Undo revision 165968 by 172.69.170.16 (talk) No need for this old joke...

2018-11-16T20:34:27Z

Undo revision 165968 by 172.69.170.16 (talk) No need for this old joke...

172.69.170.16: /* Explanation */ added citation b/c I'm pretty smart and I can't recognize a limerick from the first line lmao

2018-11-15T16:22:01Z

‎Explanation: added citation b/c I'm pretty smart and I can't recognize a limerick from the first line lmao

Herobrine: /* Explanation */

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 [[Cueball]]'s limerick says that he does not like Slashdot anymore, because his sarcastic comments are being treated as "insightful" by the very people he's being sarcastic to.
-The title text refers to the notoriously awful comments on YouTube, many of which are so idiotic that they're interpreted as jokes.
+The title text refers to the notoriously [[202|awful comments on YouTube]], many of which are so idiotic that they're interpreted as jokes.
 In both cases, [[Randall]] is invoking {{w|Poe's Law}}. Both sites have become so full of extremes that you can no longer mock the extremists without looking like a sincere extremist yourself.

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball sitting at computer, typing.]
+:[Cueball sits at a computer, typing.]
-:Cueball: I used to find slashdot delightful,
+:Cueball (typing): I used to find slashdot delightful,
-:Cueball: but my feelings of late are more spiteful;
+:Cueball (typing): but my feelings of late are more spiteful;
-:Cueball: my comments sarcastic
+:Cueball (typing): my comments sarcastic
-:Cueball: the iconoclastic
+:Cueball (typing): the iconoclastic
-:Cueball: keep modding to plus five (Insightful).
+:Cueball (typing): keep modding to plus five (Insightful).
 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]

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 A {{w|limerick (poetry)|limerick}} is a well-known type of poem that is usually humorous or bawdy. Technically, a limerick is primarily [http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/meter.html anapestic trimeter]: each line contains three "feet," each foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. The rhyme scheme is AABBA: the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme, as do the shorter third and fourth lines. Almost anyone can instantly recognize a limerick after hearing the first line.
-{{w|Slashdot}} is a venerable techie site. On many sites, the user base can vote comments "up" or "down," but at Slashdot, only moderators (these are randomly drawn from the pool of registered users) may up or down vote comments, and the moderator may select a reason for his or her up or down vote. Instead of a simple +1, a comment may be voted +1 (Funny). Similarly, instead of -1, a comment may be voted -1 (Off-topic). +5 is the maximum positive score. A comment rated +5 (Insightful) has been upvoted at least 5 times, and has a plurality of "Insightful" votes.
+{{w|Slashdot}} is a venerable techie site. On many sites, the user base can vote comments "up" or "down," but at Slashdot, only moderators (these are randomly drawn from the pool of registered users) may up or down vote comments, and the moderator may select a reason for their up or down vote. Instead of a simple +1, a comment may be voted +1 (Funny). Similarly, instead of -1, a comment may be voted -1 (Off-topic). +5 is the maximum positive score. A comment rated +5 (Insightful) has been upvoted at least 5 times, and has a plurality of "Insightful" votes.
 [[Cueball]]'s limerick says that he does not like Slashdot anymore, because his sarcastic comments are being treated as "insightful" by the very people he's being sarcastic to.

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 ==Explanation==
-A {{w|limerick (poetry)|limerick}} is a well-known type of poem that is usually humorous or bawdy. Technically, a limerick is primarily [http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/meter.html anapestic trimeter]: each line contains three "feet," each foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. The rhyme scheme is AABBA: the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme, as do the shorter third and fourth lines. Almost anyone can instantly recognize a limerick after hearing the first line.{{Citation needed}}
+A {{w|limerick (poetry)|limerick}} is a well-known type of poem that is usually humorous or bawdy. Technically, a limerick is primarily [http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/meter.html anapestic trimeter]: each line contains three "feet," each foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. The rhyme scheme is AABBA: the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme, as do the shorter third and fourth lines. Almost anyone can instantly recognize a limerick after hearing the first line.
 {{w|Slashdot}} is a venerable techie site. On many sites, the user base can vote comments "up" or "down," but at Slashdot, only moderators (these are randomly drawn from the pool of registered users) may up or down vote comments, and the moderator may select a reason for his or her up or down vote. Instead of a simple +1, a comment may be voted +1 (Funny). Similarly, instead of -1, a comment may be voted -1 (Off-topic). +5 is the maximum positive score. A comment rated +5 (Insightful) has been upvoted at least 5 times, and has a plurality of "Insightful" votes.

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 ==Explanation==
-A {{w|limerick (poetry)|limerick}} is a well-known type of poem that is usually humorous or bawdy. Technically, a limerick is primarily [http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/meter.html anapestic trimeter]: each line contains three "feet," each foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. The rhyme scheme is AABBA: the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme, as do the shorter third and fourth lines. Almost anyone can instantly recognize a limerick after hearing the first line.
+A {{w|limerick (poetry)|limerick}} is a well-known type of poem that is usually humorous or bawdy. Technically, a limerick is primarily [http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/meter.html anapestic trimeter]: each line contains three "feet," each foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. The rhyme scheme is AABBA: the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme, as do the shorter third and fourth lines. Almost anyone can instantly recognize a limerick after hearing the first line.{{Citation needed}}
 {{w|Slashdot}} is a venerable techie site. On many sites, the user base can vote comments "up" or "down," but at Slashdot, only moderators (these are randomly drawn from the pool of registered users) may up or down vote comments, and the moderator may select a reason for his or her up or down vote. Instead of a simple +1, a comment may be voted +1 (Funny). Similarly, instead of -1, a comment may be voted -1 (Off-topic). +5 is the maximum positive score. A comment rated +5 (Insightful) has been upvoted at least 5 times, and has a plurality of "Insightful" votes.