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In a thread about an important realization or discovery, post a joke.
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A dad pun or a clever quip. Any joke will do.
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Use bot accounts to upvote the joke to the top, reducing the gravity, seriousness and perceived worth of the entire thread enormously.
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If anyone complains about the joke, paint them as a prude; someone who takes things too seriously and 'can't take a little joke'.
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Humor, anger, absurdity all work to dilute the topic from the main course.
I guess you could make different subsections, if you want to.
In my own lists and those shared with other researchers I would feel obligated to list distinct tactics - especially ones as widely deployed as Humor detraction.
When making a list where the goal is to keep the list as short as possible to increase the chances of it being read & propagated, I might include only the general category and its definition.
Though, in this case specifically, I'd likely append a brief e.g. section that includes something like: jokes, puns & other seemingly innocuous humor, or even just jokes & puns (depending on how long my list is growing).
That's a good addition, actually.
Can you review the list and modify it however you want. I didn't make the list, just consider it complete, but if you have more interesting notes to add, please do!
I know this is in writing, and you may think I am sarcastic or something, but I am genuinly interested because it is a good addition to the list. Including jokes as a method to confuse the readers from the main topic is not even mentioned directly.
It's an important note.