• Patches@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Poe’s Law

    Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won’t mistake for the genuine article.

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      8 months ago

      This is what happened at the Donald on reddit. It was a place to meme Trump’s idiotic presidential bid. But as soon as he got real chance at the election it was soon overran by the MAGA crowd.

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        8 months ago

        People keep saying this and I think it’s bullshit.

        If anything, the fascists were so stupid from the get-go that sane people thought they were joking.

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          8 months ago

          I think a more accurate retelling is that the memes were fun before Trump was a serious threat.