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It is pretty obvious to most people.

That doesn't make you stupid, but you may find that you encounter similar situations in life, and it's something you may want to be aware of before you start throwing around big words like "lies", "shameful" and "dishonest" where such reactions are completely misplaced.

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"It is pretty obvious to most people."

I really doubt most people know who Gawker, Bruce Sterling, John Gruber or FaltyDL are, which makes it doubtful that most people are in on the joke.

These quotes are not out there in a vacuum, they are on a site that randomly deletes your Facebook account. Even if you don't know any of these people it doesn't require much to realize they are jokes.

I mean who would ever say "It's the most exciting thing I've done this year" for a site like this?

> I mean who would ever say "It's the most exciting thing I've done this year" for a site like this?

A typical tech blogger.

FaltyDL makes (great[0]) dance music. His inclusion is most odd.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI4A8xtwpGQ

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