IninewCrow@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIt'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-up1599arrow-down116
arrow-up1583arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoTruth. 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-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago 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.
minus-squareLady Butterfly @lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYep. Everything is so bad if it was telly we wouldn’t believe it
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.
TBF that’s always been the deeper point of satire.
Yep. Everything is so bad if it was telly we wouldn’t believe it