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From their About page: "The Babylon Bee is the world’s best satire site."

by slindsey 6y ago

Rochus 6y ago
Ok, I see, thanks; even found a wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee. "The Babylon Bee is a conservative Christian news satire website that publishes satirical articles on religion, politics, current events, and well-known public figures." Might explain why the text is not funny.
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- xxxxxxss1 6y ago
  > Might explain why the text is not funny. Why is open anti-Christian hatred like this allowed on a forum concerned about hate speech?
  - Rochus 6y ago
    Well, apparently the sample of my take of satire is also not recognized as such; admittedly, without context, I would also take your comment as serious.
- jfengel 6y ago
  The Bee is terrible satire. This is a reasonably good joke, because they stole it[1]. Which they then made worse by adding some cruelty. "Admit" is their fantasy: "ha ha, you're not so great, you're not really that smart". The original gag "Computer Programming To Be Officially Renamed “Googling Stackoverflow”" is better: it's programmers being in on the joke instead of punching down. Punching down is pretty much what The Babylon Bee does. Another of their articles is "Dumb AOC Accidentally Strangles Herself Tying Her Shoes (Because She Is So Stupid)". I literally thought that was somebody's parody of the Babylon Bee, but no, that's a real thing: https://babylonbee.com/news/dumb-aoc-accidentally-strangles-herself-tying-her-shoes-because-she-is-so-stupid https://babylonbee.com/news/dumb-aoc-accidentally-strangles-... I think that may be them attempting to parody themselves. But it's incredibly hard to tell. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3dxkka/computer_programming_to_be_officially_renamed/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3dxkka/com...

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From their About page: "The Babylon Bee is the world’s best satire site."

by slindsey 6y ago

From their About page: "The Babylon Bee is the world’s best satire site."

Rochus 6y ago
Ok, I see, thanks; even found a wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee. "The Babylon Bee is a conservative Christian news satire website that publishes satirical articles on religion, politics, current events, and well-known public figures." Might explain why the text is not funny.
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- xxxxxxss1 6y ago
  > Might explain why the text is not funny. Why is open anti-Christian hatred like this allowed on a forum concerned about hate speech?
  - Rochus 6y ago
    Well, apparently the sample of my take of satire is also not recognized as such; admittedly, without context, I would also take your comment as serious.
- jfengel 6y ago
  The Bee is terrible satire. This is a reasonably good joke, because they stole it[1]. Which they then made worse by adding some cruelty. "Admit" is their fantasy: "ha ha, you're not so great, you're not really that smart". The original gag "Computer Programming To Be Officially Renamed “Googling Stackoverflow”" is better: it's programmers being in on the joke instead of punching down. Punching down is pretty much what The Babylon Bee does. Another of their articles is "Dumb AOC Accidentally Strangles Herself Tying Her Shoes (Because She Is So Stupid)". I literally thought that was somebody's parody of the Babylon Bee, but no, that's a real thing: https://babylonbee.com/news/dumb-aoc-accidentally-strangles-herself-tying-her-shoes-because-she-is-so-stupid https://babylonbee.com/news/dumb-aoc-accidentally-strangles-... I think that may be them attempting to parody themselves. But it's incredibly hard to tell. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3dxkka/computer_programming_to_be_officially_renamed/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3dxkka/com...