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I'm sure you heard phrases like "Dead people don't lie" or "Dead people don't complain" These are so self-evident they pretty much can only be sarcastic.

Unfortunately (but probably intentional) they do not allow some way to publicly prove these cases of "bad moderation". Yet there is plenty evidence that they get it wrong all the time. For example thebabylonbee is still banned.



No they cannot be only harmlessly sarcastic. Context is very important.


Are you telling me these phrases can cause harm?

As I said before the context was a pun but it should not matter these are factually true statements that any reasonable person would agree on.




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