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This is a misleading title since it's a fake.
by rocky1138 4y ago
This is a misleading title since it's a fake.
- awb 4y agoRoe Jogan interviews Jeeve Stobs.
- gojomo 4y agoIndeed, but as The Onion argued in its recent amicus brief to the US Supreme Court, there is often social value in saying false things "with a straight face": https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/20221003125252896_35295545_1-22.10.03%20-%20Novak-Parma%20-%20Onion%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/2022... The contrast between what is said, facetiously, & what the reader knows to be true, or discovers as the joke becomes clearer, become a unique & essential part of the expression.