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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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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