SonOfSunTzu,
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Does this fall under Poe's Law, where you're not sure if a product is genuine or ironic, or am I thinking of something else?

Full story https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/binance-made-crypto-perfume-baffling-140000741.html

Also the Binance CMO said “I think the goal of this is to be irreverent, to be fun, to try to push boundaries” ... "think"?

Faintdreams,
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@SonOfSunTzu if the wikipedia definition is correct - then you are also correct:

"Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views" - Wikipedia

SonOfSunTzu,
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@Faintdreams yeah, it feels that way, but it's the "any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views" that I keep thinking about, I'm not sure that something like crypto perfume falls under that.

Faintdreams,
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@SonOfSunTzu Well the idea that people would want to smell like the concept of a Problematic thing which isn't even tangible .. might .. suffice ?

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