• teft@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    You have to post a wrong answer on an alt so that someone will post the correct answer to look smart. It’s called Poe’s Law.

    • Victor@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      to look smart

      That’s the self-affirming part that I mentioned. But some do it out of the kindness of their own heart, too.

      I am “guilty” of both, for sure.