Irony

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Jun 2026 The Crusader's Shitpost 'Deus Vult' started as a war cry at the Council of Clermont in 1095. It became a gaming meme. Then it became a recruitment tool. Then it was in a mass shooter's manifesto. The phrase did not change. The context did. Religious symbolism in trolling is either sincere, ironic, or both -- and the ambiguity is the point.
2024 Jun 2026 The Machine Reads the Room A content moderation AI processes a forum archive. The deferral rate climbs. The training data assumes a statement has one meaning. The forum disagrees. 'lol' means seven different things. The machine cannot lurk.