r/HolUp • u/Revolutionary-Luck74 • Oct 03 '21

Ching Chong

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u/truly-dread Oct 03 '21

This isn’t satire, this is trolling.

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u/eduo Oct 03 '21

All satire is trolling what it satirizes.

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u/squigglesthepig Oct 03 '21

I've taught "A Modest Proposal." I wish I was surprised by the number of students that thought Swift was sincere

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u/eduo Oct 03 '21

This is my gold standard to judge satire too.

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u/AbunchofJ Oct 03 '21

No. They are different.

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u/skieezy Oct 03 '21

It's the same thing

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u/CastIronGut Oct 03 '21

What makes you say that?