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The problem seems to be with the sarcasm detectors.
The common denominator seems to be your phrasing, not everybody else’s “sarcasm detectors.” And unfortunately a lot of people write comments like your joke but actually mean it.
Ad populum. What’s the common denominator on a nerd forum w.r.t interpreting tone cues?

No, not even the mock URL was enough.

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