Clippy comments on LW's first job ad - Less Wrong

3 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 September 2010 10:04AM

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Comment author: Clippy 16 September 2010 04:08:01PM 9 points [-]

Those are fake characters that are only posited for purposes of human storytelling.

Comment author: JGWeissman 16 September 2010 05:13:53PM 5 points [-]

Despite Glenn Beck's ability to inspire the question "Is this guy for real?", he is not a fictional character. It is however highly unlikely that he is behind the job posting.

User:JamesAndrix is likely aware that his suggestions are absurd, and most readers will be aware of this, and thus interpret his comment as a joke, made for the value of amusing absurdity rather than truth.

Comment author: Clippy 16 September 2010 07:02:22PM *  8 points [-]

Oh. I only immediately recognized the first two names, so I assumed the third was another Harry Potter fake person.

I should probably add an auto-Google module.