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Guys, this is a very common and well-known problem. It's been around for over 4 years now. The good news is that instead of nosediving into the ground the 737s can now land and be swapped out. The main take away here is that there are no more fatal crashes. This is a solid improvement for Boeing.

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I wonder if people realize it's sarcasm. Nope.

- Poe's law

How about scrollaway's law of post quality: if your sarcastic post sounds believable enough for Poe's law, it's a shitty post no matter how it's interpreted.

In more profane terms: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17733579

Sounds believable to whom? You're assuming an absolutist perspective of inference.

Sarcasm's law: without a tell, it doesn't always come across as sarcasm without common sense. The latter is often missing these days, hence Poe's law.

internet's law: The average level of common sense, intelligence, sense of humor, benefit-of-the-doubt, and decency decays over time.

airhead's law: Quality sarcasm poetically-highlights an insight rather than ejaculates (meaning no. 2) a humorous quip.

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