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People clamoring for satire warnings and such should be placed on a watchlist of some kind, or perhaps enrolled in some kind of re-educational program, lest the
by cm42 4y ago
People clamoring for satire warnings and such should be placed on a watchlist of some kind, or perhaps enrolled in some kind of re-educational program, lest they mistake a book of jokes for an instruction manual and get somebody hurt or something.
- 6stringmerc 4y agoTil Tok trends have a way of working themselves out one way or another.
- TMWNN 4y agoAs one who's been reading The Onion for a very, very, very long time, the amicus brief is a masterpiece and I hope it is studied in law schools and English classes everywhere. But I wonder how many of the commenters feverishly denouncing qualified immunity, and smugly telling themselves "Boy, those Parma police officers are real idiots", insist on and/or 100% require a "/s" or "lol" in any joke, satire, or parody to "get it"?
- c3534l 4y agoIt really is an indication that someone lacks critical thinking skills. To read satire and never question its validity implies they accepted it uncritically, never asked if it was plausible or reasonable, never thought if the source was trustworthy, never thought to get an independent view. The inability to understand sarcasm and irony really does speak poorly of a person's ability to navigate the world of information overload we live in.