10/31/2005

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1. 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.

   Comment by Glenn — 11/1/2005 @ 5:25 am

2. Neat.

   Comment by Will Franklin — 11/1/2005 @ 8:26 am

3. 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.

   Comment by TNugent — 11/1/2005 @ 12:42 pm

4. 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.

   Comment by Patterico — 11/1/2005 @ 12:45 pm

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

   Comment by TNugent — 11/1/2005 @ 12:55 pm

6. 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.

   Comment by Xrlq — 11/1/2005 @ 3:31 pm

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

   Comment by Joel B. — 11/1/2005 @ 3:41 pm

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