• mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    It will have been (or was?) a running gag til someone took it seriously. Like birdsarentreal used to be a flatearthers parody.
    No matter how absurd the thing one makes up, there will be idiots believing in it.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Satire has to be deployed with skill and intent, otherwise morons will mistake it for basic representation.

      I fear half the problem is the sheer ignorance to how even engaging with those terrible ideas has to be done carefully, and everyone just wants to crack jokes.