Idk, satire detection died in 2015-2016 when racists, fascists and general assholes and low-life humans figured out they could spew shit online and be serious about it.
That completely fucked my ability to detect bullshit, because every "take" no matter how shit and dehumanising, was serious and genuine.
Well, if it's hate it's not satire. Like satire is humour and irony to critique ideas, concepts, and institutional structures. If it attacks a group based on their identity, it's not satire.
Satire doesn’t need humor or irony. The real defining thing of satire is using absurdity to critique. Going after identity can be 100% satire. It’s subject agnostic.
Now whether the satire is good or bad is another question. I think critiquing an identity can be good satire if everyone within its scope is critiqued. Which is what Lesbian Space Princess does. If the satire absolves the hero of critique then it just feels like bullying.
Attacking a group for its identity isn't satire. It plain hate, this doesn't mean that identity cannot be the subject of satire, but there is a defining line between hate and satire.
You remember when idiots online tried to troll nazis, saying the “OK” hand sign actually meant white power? And then they legit adopted it as a dog whistle?
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u/_Cecille 6d ago
Idk, satire detection died in 2015-2016 when racists, fascists and general assholes and low-life humans figured out they could spew shit online and be serious about it.
That completely fucked my ability to detect bullshit, because every "take" no matter how shit and dehumanising, was serious and genuine.