When a facetious post is made to a facetious thread, then it's incumbent upon the facetious thread poster to facetiously acknowledge the facetiousness of the initial poster's post -- so long as the FIRST facetious post is recognized as facetious by both parties.
If, however, the "facetiousness" of the article post (or the "facetiousness" of the original thread poster) is not quickly recognized by both parties, then all traces of facetiousness should be summarily abandoned.
It's the right thing to do.
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