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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

Because too many people in this community seem to be under the impression that satire requires a fictional premise... It does not, and never has.

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[-] ignirtoq@fedia.io 22 points 1 week ago

Where's the satire? This is just rephrasing what he has actually done. Is rephrasing factual statements satire now? Or have these satire sites given up and just resorted to real reporting?

[-] myrmidex@lemmy.nogods.be 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It seems we've entered a post-satire world.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

We crossed that Rubicon a while back

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