IninewCrow@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days 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-square34fedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down17
arrow-up1292arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days 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-up0arrow-down1·3 days 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.
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.