Does this meme cross the line?

[fried eggs]

I "liked" the above photo on Facebook, not realizing that it would appear in my Timeline, but then I was stunned when a good friend asked me if I hated Obamacare. Someone who has known me for 15 years and knows how enthusiastic I've been about President Obama and the ACA.

In my opinion, the photo is obvious satire but maybe others don't see it that way?

[dchill]

1. "Thanks, Obama."

(I get it. But it may be a little "deep" for some - especially on Facebook.)

[JVS]

5. Facebook's smartest move was to require a university email account to create an account

It kept if from being another myspace. Since they opened it to all, it's gone downhill fast.

[JVS]

2. I agree. Obvious satire.

[Barack_America]

12. Seriously, "videotapes"?

[Cooley Hurd]

3. It's utter bullshit.

Blockbuster faltered due to changing market demand. They didn't do streaming when everyone else did. THEIR fuckup, not caused by ACA.

[Nine]

4. I thought the joke was obvious.

Apparently not.

[icymist]

6. They didn't see the 'satire' thingy...

Besides, this why I never go on facebook anymore; that they have a need to tell all my friends, their friends, and so on, that I (((gasp))) clicked 'like' on something! Google+ is getting to be a pain as well!

[Schema Thing]

7. It's not obvious satire to many, probably most, people.

Hell, I have a great nose for satire, and I'm not at all sure that the creator of this graphic doesn't want people to believe it as fact. If I had to bet, I'd probably bet that they DO want people to believe it as fact.


If someone wanted it to be a satirical "thanks Obama" moment, they would have said just that, rather than inserting a "fact" statement.

[patricia92243]

8. I thought it was right-wing BS. Never thought of "satire."

[unblock]

9. it's satire, but perhaps not obvious enough because you have to know the history of blockbuster

[TheDebbieDee]

10. Some people are so un-informed that they won't be able to tell this satire......

And some people are so lacking in critical thinking skills that it will never occur to them that Netflix, Hulu and Pay-Per-View TV and Amazon have provided stiff competition to BlockBuster.

[brush]

11. To me the satire is not so obvious

Many right wingers blame everything not to their liking on President Obama and lately, business failings and insurance cancellations on Obamacare. So the satire, if it is meant to be that, can easily escape those predisposed to blame things on Obama/Obamacare.

[tiredtoo]

13. If you read the line at the bottom

you can make out the satire but, many will just read the headline and the thanks to OBAMACARE! and believe it.

[madinmaryland]

14. Ironically, I have had teabagger typa's post this stuff and they completely believe it,

Even though it makes absolutely no sense.

[Warren DeMontague]

15. It's obvious satire, but I wouldn't be surprised if many people don't get it.

I mean, only a moron wouldn't understand why Video Stores have disappeared, same as record stores.

But there are a lot of morons out there.

[SheilaT]

16. No, this is not actually satire.

It's simply inaccurate. Blockbuster has been losing ground and moving towards bankruptcy/shutting down for some years now, long before the ACA.

It's stopped being cute, all these supposedly satirical "Blame Obamacare" things.

[surrealAmerican]

17. There are people who just don't "get" satire.

It's a cultural thing.