How many of you find it challenging to distinguish between "reality" and satire with this regime?

[Amaryllis]

So I just read this post by Tommy Carcetti quoting the WaPo article about Trump's interview with FAUX regarding the chocolate cake thing, among other stuff:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8923802

I thought it was satire at first. Granted, I had just posted the latest Borowitz column, so had satire on my mind, but I honestly had to read all the way to the end of the quotes to Tommy's comments on the quotes before I could determine if it was satire or not.

I'm sure you've all read comments after a presser with Spicer or Trump that SNL could lift their statements verbatim and not have to write a script becasue they already read like satire. So this is not a new concept for any of us, but I have to say it was disconcerting to have to read clear through the quotes to the comments on the quotes to know if it was satire or not.

I could always tell when Obama was being satirical. Never had to wonder.

[Warpy]

1. It's a corollary to Poe's Law

which says it's difficult to distinguish between religious parody and real religious insanity.

This one also contains the proviso that no matter how over the top the satire is today, the target will try to top it tomorrow.

[Doreen]

2. life is art and art is life

Life is satire and satire is life.

Maybe that does not make sense but I understand it and it is how I feel with all of this crap.

[Demit]

3. There are good satirists and bad. The good ones are funny, that's how you know.

The Onion writers, Andy Horowitz, what they write is clever and lets you in on the joke. They add something, it's not just a verbatim retelling of a circumstance. It's harder than people who try to do it think it is.

[RockCreek]

4. I have been fooled multiple times since January.

Glad to hear I am not alone. Most recent was Borowitz at the New Yorker --Jared reading up on Middle East while waiting for ski lift in Aspen. Only thing that made me suspicious was the idea that he had to wait instead of getting a VIP pass past the line.