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This is a normal post 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.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 11:16, Reply)
This is a normal post 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"
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 11:21, Reply)
This is a normal post You should say what you mean and mean what you say.
Now go to your room and think about what you've done.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:24, Reply)
This is a normal post people should say what they mean and mean what they say?
like in the video?
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:42, Reply)
This is a normal post You just wait till your father gets home young man.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:46, Reply)
This is a normal post
man Earth
 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:25, Reply)
This is a normal post 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'.
 (I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Mon 16 Feb 2015, 11:24, Reply)
This is a normal post 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.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:32, Reply)
This is a normal post 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'.
 (I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post You're not funny ha ha, you're funny strange.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:23, Reply)
This is a normal post You're funny smelling.

(I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:25, Reply)
This is a normal post 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
 (I helped save b3ta! --- ---, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:23, Reply)
This is a normal post Brilliant!
Pretty much a large section of the internet in a nutshell.
 (I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Mon 16 Feb 2015, 13:25, Reply)
This is a normal post Creationists are nearly satire-proof
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyGHsMeIjGs
 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 12:30, Reply)