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Not a joke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%E2%80%93King_suicide_lette...

They're pretty clearly asking if the email thing is a joke.

Email is no joke

Then a source shouldn’t be hard to provide…

It’s kind of a sensitive subject. Not worth getting sued over.

https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-email...

How is this article relevant?

"Email is no joke" -> "It’s kind of a sensitive subject."

i.e. someone did sue about email. it's relevant.

In case you really did miss it the whole subthread is a joke based on Encom MCP being a fictional OS that tries to kill it's user.

okay. if you can respond about a fictional OS that tries to kill it's user, i can respond with a real song featuring a fictional robot trying to destroy all operating systems

https://youtu.be/1Lb3CNe6k4Q

I did miss it :). Thanks for letting me into the joke.

Sorry, yes. The J_EDGAR_HOOVER guardian process is actually real, but the MLK_ thing is something I just made up, based on the very real J Edgar Hoover sending Martin Luther King Jr a letter encouraging him to commit suicide.