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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI know that detecting satire can be difficult...
So, from today forward, I will indicate the satirical nature of such thread-starters by ending them with the following:
It's my responsibility to be completely Trumparent in my posts, of course.
Thank you for your attention!
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I know that detecting satire can be difficult... (Original Post)
MineralMan
Jan 2017
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Gothmog
(145,619 posts)1. It is getting harder and harder to tell satire from the truth now days
rurallib
(62,451 posts)5. reality is much stranger than satire these days
if it sounds totally over the top, it is probably reality.
this is not satire - i think
rzemanfl
(29,570 posts)2. Is the weird emjoi a substitute for
?
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)3. Not all satire is sarcasm.
And not all sarcasm is satire.
It is silly , however, not to recognize either.
rzemanfl
(29,570 posts)4. K. n/t
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)6. Gotta say Mineral Man...you've got a way with pixels.