IninewCrow@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前It's no longer easy to play April Fool's jokes on Americans because their reality is so chaotic that it's no longer easy to tell what is real, funny, fake or sad.message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1600arrow-down116
arrow-up1584arrow-down1message-squareIt's no longer easy to play April Fool's jokes on Americans because their reality is so chaotic that it's no longer easy to tell what is real, funny, fake or sad.IninewCrow@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前message-square36fedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·5 个月前Truth. Half the time I see some satire article from The Onion or similar productions and I have to double take to make sure it’s The Onion and not real. Satire used to be more obviously absurd and mocking. Now it’s too real.
minus-squareLady Butterfly @lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前Yep. Everything is so bad if it was telly we wouldn’t believe it
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 个月前 I have to double take to make sure it’s The Onion and not real. TBF that’s always been the deeper point of satire.
Truth. Half the time I see some satire article from The Onion or similar productions and I have to double take to make sure it’s The Onion and not real. Satire used to be more obviously absurd and mocking. Now it’s too real.
Yep. Everything is so bad if it was telly we wouldn’t believe it
TBF that’s always been the deeper point of satire.