• cerement@slrpnk.net
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      8 months ago

      requires knowing (and caring) about the artist and knowing they work for The Onion and knowing they do spoofs – I think this is only the third time I’ve seen anything of theirs and I’m far more likely to invoke Poe’s law than to spend any time questioning the lack of humor …

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        8 months ago

        Knowing that the artist does satire is not a prerequisite for recognizing that this is satire. It’s very obvious. And also hilarious.

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          8 months ago

          Unfortunately, a lot of “obvious satire” turns out to be serious. This is a bit more obvious than most, but it can be hard to tell, these days.

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      8 months ago

      Oops. Maybe I should have made that quite clear that it’s satirising the American right 🤣