Supernarrowvision satire
The CAD folks are attempting to show how daft dino-denialists are, by appearing to take their side and posting tripe like this ^^.
The pity is that they are taken seriously by both sides.
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notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 9:20,
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satire should always have a knowing wink, this just comes across as misinformation for everyone
CNet failed to get to the bottom of it www.cnet.com/news/christian-group-to-schools-stop-filling-kids-heads-with-dinosaurs/
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 9:22,
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'satire should always have a knowing wink'?
Says who? Who made you the comedy police? Why should stuff be labelled for idiots? I don't like this CAD joke for a variety of reasons such as I don't think it's funny, and I hate that creationism seems only to be used as source material for Christian bashing. All of the fairy tale brigade, Jews, Muslims etc, are creationists. However I admire how CAD has taken in so many mugs who need a laughter track overdubbed on their comedy.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 10:38,
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How do you know this is comedy?
Seems odd that a satirical act would set their Facebook page to private/invite only.
Although I guess they could be safeguarding themselves from angry Christians.
If it is comedy, the "knowing wink" that you have spotted is proving elusive to a great many.
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 10:41,
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OK, I kind of assumed that this was the same
person/group that had started that thread on mumsnet that was posted on here that was obviously a joke, but I concede that this loony probably isn't joking. However I still take issue with your suggestion that satire needs to be signposted. That's just not true. Sometimes the more subtle the satire, the more effective it is. Satire is primarily a method of criticism, humour is secondary, or even a by product.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 11:16,
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I never said signposted
you're taking my "knowing wink" comment literally when it wasn't meant to be.
I meant "a tiny thread of information to unravel should you question its motivation"
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 11:21,
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You should say what you mean and mean what you say.
Now go to your room and think about what you've done.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:24,
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people should say what they mean and mean what they say?
like in the video?
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:42,
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You just wait till your father gets home young man.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:46,
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But for it to be satire the criticism must be executed through humour and wit.
Surely neither is secondary? Certainly not a by-product though, the by-product would be the satire.
Edit: should read 'could be the satire'.
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Pig Bodine., Mon 16 Feb 2015, 11:24,
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Not true.
I crap on about satire so much on here I'm even boring myself. Satire is criticism under the veil of ridicule. How witty or humorous that attempted ridicule actually is varies enormously, and obviously is subjective. So for example, all those Charlie Hebdo cartoons were satirical, but witty? Funny? Not in my opinion, well maybe a few of them, but mainly not at all.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:32,
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I'm lumping, perhaps incorrectly, that ridicule into wit.
Wit doesn't have to be witty and funny doesn't have to be 'ha ha'.
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Pig Bodine., Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:06,
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You're not funny ha ha, you're funny strange.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:23,
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I'm confused by all this
it's a joke?
Do they understand what a joke is?
to me they're just doing this...
i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/738/025/db0.jpg
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--- ---, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:23,
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Brilliant!
Pretty much a large section of the internet in a nutshell.
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Pig Bodine., Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:25,
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Creationists are nearly satire-proof
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyGHsMeIjGs
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:30,
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Have you asked to join? It's worth a look
I don't know why it's set to private - trying to appear like paranoid fundies perhaps - but I was added within a minute or two of my request. For research purposes, natch.
It's quite a mosh pit in there! All sorts of different factions are joining in - dinofundies, creationists, antidinofundies, satirists, palaeos, plus legions of sniggereing trolls/redditors.
It's really worth a read but it'll leave your head spinning trying to figure out who is deluded and who is disingenuous.
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save us the facebook hell and do some screen grabs perhaps?
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:04,
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Facebook pages full of crazy are crazy big
There's *far* too much shit in the FB thread to be screencapping anything, but have a look at this blog post and then have a look at their best of CAD.
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Making 6 or 7 videos on the same topic...
...isn't an effective 'repeat until funny' strategy.
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It could easily be a long game prank, question is will people be bored by the time they do their punchline?
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 10:57,
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Well I certainly will.
If the internet hasn't amused me within about 20 seconds, I go and look at boobies instead.
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