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Is this satire?

ur-whale 4y ago
> Is this satire? https://youtu.be/SPmxsRDSmTc?t=108 https://youtu.be/SPmxsRDSmTc?t=108
treeman79 4y ago
One of the things I love about this community is that satire can go completely over the head of many members here. https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/1504/ https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/1504/ Seen many funny instances were blatant satire gets hilarious responses from people that treat it as real. Of course Autistic Savants often takes things far to literally. Took me ages when younger to get the hang of it.
- ternaryoperator 4y ago
  Well done satire will fool any community. That's the definition of good satire. I don't think HN is any more easily fooled than other communities. And frequently HN finds some aspect being ridiculed and shows that in fact it's not nearly as dismissable as the satire would have one believe.
- qumpis 4y ago
  I think the confusion is often because people (like myself) don't read the content past the headline
  - wizofaus 4y ago
    I'm fairly sure 90% of comments on HN are written by people who haven't even clicked on the link to the article supposedly under discussion. Disclaimer: including myself, though not on this particular occasion.
  - not2b 4y ago
    Which would be fine, no one has to read everything, but for some reason people who only read the headline feel qualified to comment, and this particularly shows with satirical pieces.
akprasad 4y ago
Yes, there are quite a few tip-offs that this is satire. Some examples: > The rules are absolute and reliable in all situations, except exceptions. > Learning Finnish builds confidence. If you can learn Finnish, then you can learn anything. > and shifts the burden of labour over to the person you are talking to.
- samizdis 4y ago
  More clues can be found higher up in the site. See Something about ... Finnish! [1] > First let's have fun. There are two texts about Finnish language: the English original and a German translation. Don't take them too serious: > Finnish as a world language? > Finnisch, die Weltsprache I love the site; great fun to explore. [1] https://www.hagen-schmidt.de/suomi/ https://www.hagen-schmidt.de/suomi/

Is this satire?

> Is this satire? https://youtu.be/SPmxsRDSmTc?t=108 https://youtu.be/SPmxsRDSmTc?t=108

One of the things I love about this community is that satire can go completely over the head of many members here. https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/1504/ https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/1504/ Seen many funny instances were blatant satire gets hilarious responses from people that treat it as real. Of course Autistic Savants often takes things far to literally. Took me ages when younger to get the hang of it.

ternaryoperator 4y ago
Well done satire will fool any community. That's the definition of good satire. I don't think HN is any more easily fooled than other communities. And frequently HN finds some aspect being ridiculed and shows that in fact it's not nearly as dismissable as the satire would have one believe.
qumpis 4y ago
I think the confusion is often because people (like myself) don't read the content past the headline
- wizofaus 4y ago
  I'm fairly sure 90% of comments on HN are written by people who haven't even clicked on the link to the article supposedly under discussion. Disclaimer: including myself, though not on this particular occasion.
- not2b 4y ago
  Which would be fine, no one has to read everything, but for some reason people who only read the headline feel qualified to comment, and this particularly shows with satirical pieces.

akprasad 4y ago

Yes, there are quite a few tip-offs that this is satire. Some examples: > The rules are absolute and reliable in all situations, except exceptions. > Learning Finnish builds confidence. If you can learn Finnish, then you can learn anything. > and shifts the burden of labour over to the person you are talking to.

samizdis 4y ago
More clues can be found higher up in the site. See Something about ... Finnish! [1] > First let's have fun. There are two texts about Finnish language: the English original and a German translation. Don't take them too serious: > Finnish as a world language? > Finnisch, die Weltsprache I love the site; great fun to explore. [1] https://www.hagen-schmidt.de/suomi/ https://www.hagen-schmidt.de/suomi/