Reality, Satire Now Indistinguishable; Desperate Humorists Turn to Meta-Satire
Jason Kuznicki on May 30th 2008
We’re back, after considerable weirdness today. An unannounced upgrade to our database threw off our old-ish version of WordPress, and I had to upgrade it this evening. Authors will find a redesigned back end as well, but I’m still learning that myself, so I won’t be much help. You’re on your own, rugged individualists.
In the meantime, here’s the post I’d had lined up for this morning…
Overdosed on regular old satire? Unable to tell where reality ends and satire begins? Here’s a great little discussion at Conservapedia: How can we protect Conservapedia by distinguishing real conservative encyclopedia articles from satires written by liberals? Disgruntled conservatives write as follows:
I don’t think it is possible to distinguish real conservative encyclopedia articles from satires written by liberals, at least not whilst the founder of the site is writing things like this, or this, or his contributions here. When I first read the first of those examples, before I had read the History file and seen who had written it, I honestly thought it was a liberal satire. Chrysogonus 15:31, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
I don’t think liberal satirists are talented enough to produce something like that, which takes someone a bit special. –Jeremiah4-22 15:51, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
Really? Because there are several satire articles on here. I’d name them, but I’m just a dumb ol liberal. Czolgolz 15:58, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
Bonus points for “whilst.” And come to think of it, I do like the tagline: “Conservapedia: Where Reality Ends and Satire Begins.”
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