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NFL updates 'No More Racism' end zone message by removing the 'No' (www.thebeaverton.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand how so many of you even took this seriously.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't speak for others, but I have autism and interpret things literally unless there are obvious signs of a joke. I'm one of the people that benefit from textual tone indicators.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Fair enough. It's the nature of satire not to be credible, and that's what the joke was all about.