Vode An@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoWhat’s the funniest internet argument you’ve ever read?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s the funniest internet argument you’ve ever read?Vode An@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
Inspired by this Jon Bois video where body builders argue about the number of days in a week. PLEASE be sure to include a link or screen cap. Edit: thanks to 18107 for a li k to the original
minus-squareVode An@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat sounds promising. What are the odds it’s been taken over by “true believers”? That seems to be the fate of any long-running satire on Reddit. TheDonald, most infamously.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI refuse to believe TD was ever insincere. I think sane people are just unfamiliar with how willfully stupid fascists sound as a form of cover. The leader of the KKK refers to themselves as wizards and dragons.
minus-squareOmega_Haxors@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThey make themselves look like clowns by design. It’s a long-standing tradition among fascists and people still fall for it to this day.
minus-squareN00b22@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think some people could think it’s not satire but that’s because there is a rule saying “we are not satire”. Guess what? That rule is satire too
minus-squareVode An@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoHow do you know it is satire in that case?
minus-squareN00b22@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoBecause: They pretend words like Karen or Boomer are slurs They censor the words g#me, g#mer and videog#me They say Hitler invented videogames in 1939 Most of their proof is photoshopped images (example) Most of the users active in that sub are actually also active in gaming subreddits They call their subreddit a “facebook group”
That sounds promising. What are the odds it’s been taken over by “true believers”? That seems to be the fate of any long-running satire on Reddit. TheDonald, most infamously.
I refuse to believe TD was ever insincere. I think sane people are just unfamiliar with how willfully stupid fascists sound as a form of cover.
The leader of the KKK refers to themselves as wizards and dragons.
They make themselves look like clowns by design. It’s a long-standing tradition among fascists and people still fall for it to this day.
I think some people could think it’s not satire but that’s because there is a rule saying “we are not satire”. Guess what? That rule is satire too
How do you know it is satire in that case?
Because:
They pretend words like Karen or Boomer are slurs
They censor the words g#me, g#mer and videog#me
They say Hitler invented videogames in 1939
Most of their proof is photoshopped images (example)
Most of the users active in that sub are actually also active in gaming subreddits
They call their subreddit a “facebook group”