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A mod of one of the largest subreddits, /r/BlackPeopleTwitter, just posted a picture supposedly of a recent mod meetup:
https://old.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1289ba6/in_honor_of_the_anniversary_of_bpt_we_would_like/
In case the post is taken down, this is the image link, though perhaps it'll get wiped too.
The stickied mod comment reads as follows:
Where does this community think this falls wrt Poe's Law?
I would say this is 99% serious and 1% satire. If the picture only had three people, then the odds of satire would be more substantive. But with nine, I cannot imagine enough coordination to pull off this hard of a troll.
Further, I would bet my bottom dollar that this cohort are all college educated. I'd throw in a combined five M.A.s.
Which begs the obvious question--how could a group this size and degreed be so oblivious? I'm not saying it's inconceivable that a group of nine non-black redditors decided to manage a black subreddit. But it is inconceivable that the same group would think it smart to advertise that fact. If I'm missing some subtle nuance, do explain. What exactly is the next layer up? Did I miss the memo that it's more fashionable to be post-racial now?
Edit:Yes, I got owned. And yes, I'm glad I didn't post this on Twitter using my real name, thank goodness. But actually though, I had a good laugh that makes the embarrassment here worth it, because it's been a very long time I've been fooled by an April Fool's prank. Kudos to the mods at BPT for having a great sense of humor, and jokes on me for assuming a sub that seriously features a black-only "country club" designation that requires users to submit photos of their black skin to be admitted for participating in highly upvoted threads is capable of poking fun at itself in this fashion. In my defense, it wasn't April 1st when the thread first went up, at least not unless BPT operated on Brazilian time, which means I'm definitely not stupid, you guys!!!
Your post has indeed raised such a question, but I'm not sure if it's about the group you're expecting. Then again maybe this subthread is your April Fools' joke on us.
If not, then you should be aware that you've been struck by the overwhelming forces of irony like an unauthorized GPU in Yudkowsky's America.
PS: To whoever is reading this, if for even a second you thought that post was anything but a 100% fake joke, please do not trust your "Bayesian priors" (or whatever ratspeak magic terms that actually just mean assumptions) ever again. Your license has officially been shredded.
Shouldn't vpn be the one seething in this instance? What a bitter response for such an excellent joke.
I'm not sure what you mean by this at all. Am I supposed to be the one who is seething and bitter?
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