Reader fails to grasp concept of Satire
Posted by Matthew on Monday May 3, 2004 @11:40AM
from the when-satire-attacks dept.
Matthew writes: Continuing in the grand tradition of posting “mail from people who don’t get satire”, consider the following submission from a man confused by our post on Google News .
Subject: “You are correct in your analysis of Google News”
“I sent the following email to Google News:
“Google News continues its propaganda march to the extreme left under the guise and excuse of the use of computer algorithms. People need to know that you are obviously and intentionally biased and that you continue to do as much damage as you can to this great country and its leaders during this time of peril. All one has to do is to examine your headlines each day and the truth leaps out. Your continued daily bashing of Bush and portrayal of the United States as the enemy of the world makes your organization one of the top internal threats to this country.”
“SlashNOT, please continue to get the truth out about these type of organizations.”
“Thanks”.
Mister, we at SlashNOT will continue to proudly do our part.
Subject:Unnecessary Sarcasm?
Do I detect a note of unnecessary sarcasm in this post? Do I have to have that Powell fella's boy call your people in front of the FCC? You neo-hippy communist cowards wouldn't like that so much would you?
Comment by Donald F. Rumsfeld — May 6, 2004 @ 3:06 pm
Subject:Re: Unnecessary Sarcasm?
You're detecting Satire in that post. A lot of people confuse sarcasm with satire. Here's how to tell them apart:
Sarcasm: narcissistic francophilic passive-agressive whining.
Satire: Funny sarcasm.
Comment by Matthew — May 7, 2004 @ 8:50 pm