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OftenBen  ·  3657 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to Flirt

Does this count as satire? Or is it just parody?

Either way, with the exception of the line lil mentioned, this doesn't really seem all that funny, just sad and mocking.

Maybe it's just me.





lil  ·  3657 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is satire.

OftenBen  ·  3657 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Doesn't satire have to include some element of a 'solution' to the 'problem?' I remember some discussion about this in the recent movie thread.

lil  ·  3656 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here's my definition of satire: Making fun of something that takes itself seriously. Any dummies guide to anything takes itself a little seriously. Satire takes that earnestness and becomes over-earnest.

But I'm happy to be academically or otherwise wrong. No dictionary consulted... have to rush off and do stupid things.

nowaypablo  ·  3657 days ago  ·  link  ·