Comments on: Clip That Quote and Save It!

By: Joel B.

Joel B. — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:41:47 +0000

The great sarchasm, now that’s one to remember.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:31:52 +0000

In my view, posting under a “fake pseudonym” is just like making a statement that isn’t true, namely, it’s highly unethical when done with the intent to deceive, but it’s a perfectly fine thing to do transparently to make a sarcastic point, as pseudo-Bill did in this thread. When I do it, I usually assign my fake persona a working email address based on some permutation of the victim’s name, at xrlq dot com. Nevertheless, no matter how clear you are, anytime you make a sarcastic statement on a blog as widely read as this one, the probability swiftly approaches one that at least one reader, somewhere, will fall into the great sarchasm. Too bad.

By: TNugent

TNugent — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:55:22 +0000

Ok, then, I’ll tread carefully when not using my real pseudonym.

By: Patterico

Patterico — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:45:14 +0000

I had some nut the other day who would get upset even if you explicitly told her it was a joke. But no, it’s fine; Xrlq pulls that kind of crap all the time.

By: TNugent

TNugent — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:42:31 +0000

It was nice of Tony to comment on your blog.

First identified as pseudo-Bill, then outed (well, sort of). I hope my unauthorized impersonation of Bill Maher’s typing (for amusement purposes only, of course) hasn’t offended, or violated some sort of blogger ethical rule (or even a guideline). If so, you have my apology.

By: Will Franklin

Will Franklin — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:26:20 +0000

Neat.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:25:25 +0000

Heh. I wondered about that. Very cool that Snow would actually read and post to this blog.

That’s gotta make you feel good, Paterico.