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Satire requires a certain level of intelligence which these seem to be lacking. Take this, for example: > [effects of scurvy] definitely sounds better than oc

by nanis 5y ago

Satire requires a certain level of intelligence which these seem to be lacking. Take this, for example: > [effects of scurvy] definitely sounds better than occasionally sucking on a lime. I am sure Ms. Baecht thinks that is a demonstration of supreme intellect. > You see it now, don’t you? Scurvy is nothing more than a made-up, foreign-fruit-induced plague, and I, for one, will not be silent! I will not be a sheep, er, I mean, I will not be a fish! I am a man! A very, very painfully misguided man, and I swear to you that the juice of a lime will never pass my lips—at least until the internal bleeding starts, and then I’m sure I will go along with whatever old sawbones says. And I definitely want access to that new experimental leech treatment. Sod off!

dekhn 5y ago
you're being obtuse. mcsweeney's is a well known outlet for moderate humor. The articles could be procedurally generated.
- jfengel 5y ago
  One might have thought that the opening sentence would be a pretty strong clue that this wasn't to be taken literally: I’m just a lowly seventeenth-century British sailor, not some fancy-pants seventeenth-century British sawbones It's not especially great satire, about on par of McSweeny's usual work. They occasionally aspire to genius, though mostly when they lean in to their academic audience and target them well.
  - nanis 5y ago
    Here's actual satire which, like all good satire, is grounded in truth: https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/09/a-covid-19-vaccine-fractured-fairy-tale/ https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/09/a-covid-19-vaccine-fract...
    - dekhn 5y ago
      wtf did you just link to? some sort of covid vaccine denialism?
      - nanis 5y ago
        > (Other scientists, Drs. Indy and Pendent): > Certainly, the jury is out on the spread by children, but CDC acknowledges that vaccinated people carry about the same viral load as unvaccinated people, and that fully-vaccinated people are spreading Covid-19. > (Public Health Officials Drs. Propa and Ganda): > ANTI-VAXXER! Denialist! Well, maybe vaccinated people sometimes get symptoms, but the symptoms are way, way milder than they would’ve otherwise been.

by nanis 5y ago

dekhn 5y ago

you're being obtuse. mcsweeney's is a well known outlet for moderate humor. The articles could be procedurally generated.

jfengel 5y ago
One might have thought that the opening sentence would be a pretty strong clue that this wasn't to be taken literally: I’m just a lowly seventeenth-century British sailor, not some fancy-pants seventeenth-century British sawbones It's not especially great satire, about on par of McSweeny's usual work. They occasionally aspire to genius, though mostly when they lean in to their academic audience and target them well.
- nanis 5y ago
  Here's actual satire which, like all good satire, is grounded in truth: https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/09/a-covid-19-vaccine-fractured-fairy-tale/ https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/09/a-covid-19-vaccine-fract...
  - dekhn 5y ago
    wtf did you just link to? some sort of covid vaccine denialism?
    - nanis 5y ago
      > (Other scientists, Drs. Indy and Pendent): > Certainly, the jury is out on the spread by children, but CDC acknowledges that vaccinated people carry about the same viral load as unvaccinated people, and that fully-vaccinated people are spreading Covid-19. > (Public Health Officials Drs. Propa and Ganda): > ANTI-VAXXER! Denialist! Well, maybe vaccinated people sometimes get symptoms, but the symptoms are way, way milder than they would’ve otherwise been.