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arrow-up11arrow-down1imageDon't go red!lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 22 days agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoI think if it had been placed in America it would have been better received. People don’t expect to have a serious conversation about critical reading skills in a meme community. They’re used to one liners and moving on.
minus-squaretoofpic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoYou won’t be able to save people who are unable to draw parallels between a hypothetical and a real situation, even when they are given a dozen hints.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoEh. Normally I would agree with you but these hints require a lot of known context.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoBut placing it in America ruins the joke. The whole point is that it was absolutely nothing like that.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoWell there needs to be a better way to communicate the message then because it got lost in the noise.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoMaybe. I just plan to be over here in the corner weeping at the death of satire.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-222 days agoLmao, if A Modest Proposal was published today we would all be breathlessly talking about those Republican cannibals.
I think if it had been placed in America it would have been better received. People don’t expect to have a serious conversation about critical reading skills in a meme community. They’re used to one liners and moving on.
You won’t be able to save people who are unable to draw parallels between a hypothetical and a real situation, even when they are given a dozen hints.
Eh. Normally I would agree with you but these hints require a lot of known context.
But placing it in America ruins the joke. The whole point is that it was absolutely nothing like that.
Well there needs to be a better way to communicate the message then because it got lost in the noise.
Maybe. I just plan to be over here in the corner weeping at the death of satire.
Lmao, if A Modest Proposal was published today we would all be breathlessly talking about those Republican cannibals.