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    Last summer, for instance, Sapik posted a video on Facebook for a campaign fundraising golf event that said: “Let’s get rid of Democracy; everyone in favor raise your hand!”

    “It’s a joke,” Sapik responded at the time.

    It’s always a ‘joke, just kidding, what’s the matter can’t you take a joke?!’ - until the timing works out and they go ahead and do it. When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.

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        In one of Colbert’s monologue’s, he compared this to joking with your spouse about having a threesome. If you do it one time, it might be a joke. If you keep doing it over and over - specifically asking if he friend would “get the joke” - then you’re not joking. You’re being serious in trying to have a threesome.

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      That one could actually be a joke but for the person saying it and the context. Usually their “jokes” contain neither irony nor humor.

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      I call it Shrödinger’s Joke. The statement is simultaneously a joke and a serious proposal. The wave function only collapses once someone reacts to it.

      If the reaction is “that’s outrageous,” then the statement becomes a joke.

      If the reaction is “hell, yeah, I’ve got my Nazi flag ready,” then the statement was serious.