• Silverseren@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    The Boys has a lot of super creepy right-wingers who idolize the fascist characters in the show, totally oblivious that the show is making fun of them and those characters.

    It’s super weird that they’re that dumb, but combined with that is just how weird and disturbing they are as people because of that.

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      2 months ago

      That’s actually incredible. It was extremely obvious they were taking the piss out of the right… Kind of alarming if that wasn’t picked up on by some

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        2 months ago

        These are the same folk who think the Colbert Report wasn’t satire or get upset that wolfenstein’s Twitter account promoted a new game about killing Nazis (all the wolfenstein games are about killing nazis).

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          If you really suck, the games are about Nazis killing this one guy

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            2 months ago

            These idiots didn’t even say “woke”, they said “political”. They’ve never processed any part of Rage lyrics other than “fuck you, won’t do what you told me”.

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            I don’t understand? Why did ratm have to get political?, why couldn’t they just stick to their music?

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        Being oblivious to reality is a feature of Republicanism.

        Take rights away from 50% of the population, be surprised that the vast majority of women don’t like rights being taken away.

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        No, they really don’t see it. And they instead idolize Homelander and think he’s the one that’s correct in the show and doing what’s right and what they want to do.

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          I have literally never seen anyone idolize homelander. This is like Marilyn Manson getting his ribs removed so he could suck his own dick: often repeated, never substantiated

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      2 months ago

      Star Trek has a similar subset of fans that are all like “When did Star Trek get all woke? More pew pew!”

      Try 1966

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      As a matter of fact, satire does not work. Fascists will idolize the fascists in satire, always. It feels like satire only works with people who already have an education about the dangers of fascism.

      In the broken mind of a fascist, satire is actually a kind of utopia. It’s how the world is supposed to be in their twisted ideals.

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        2 months ago

        One day we’ll have a movie that starts with a warning like:

        This movie is satire. If you actually relate to and agree with the ideas presented in this film, please seek professional help.

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        I feel like the only satire that works is full blown, overt caricature, like the WW2 propaganda cartoons

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        2 months ago

        Poe’s Law per Wikipedia

        Poe’s law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author’s intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.

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        2 months ago

        Oh yes my ideal woman should breastfeed a fully grown lab experiment

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        The push to get trump on the GOP ballot started as the largest troll in 4chan history.

        Halfway through, the ones in on the joke got swarmed by morons who thought it was serious.

        But man, literally the everest of trolls, was almost beautiful to watch.