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MontanaMama

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12. Don't Onion links

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 05:46 PM

Aug 2018

say The Onion in the actual link? Same for Borowitz? Maybe it’s me but I usually scan the link before I read the article just to get an idea of what I’m in for.

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Ok. So if you insist on posting Onion without a notice [View all] flamin lib Aug 2018 OP

That's not how satire works. (n/t) Iggo Aug 2018 #1

Agreed thanks .. Fullduplexxx Aug 2018 #2

or at least put "Onion" in the title steventh Aug 2018 #3

Political satire is political. Keep it in gd. unblock Aug 2018 #4

I agree, annoying. Label is as satire in GD. Nt USALiberal Aug 2018 #5

If you label it as satire it ceases to be satire. Iggo Aug 2018 #18

How sad is it that people need to have that explained? nt Codeine Aug 2018 #36

I just block anyone who posts satire without a notice 4now Aug 2018 #6

Or Cooking and Baking Iterate Aug 2018 #7

Good idea! True Dough Aug 2018 #53

Sure, C&B is always funny and delicious, but Humor isn't funny Iterate Aug 2018 #63

It can be hard to tell if Onion is satire or not sometimes Freddie Aug 2018 #8

+1. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2018 #30

Satire is an important aspect of political debate Gothmog Aug 2018 #9

Swift would have been excoriated if he'd posted on DU. Demit Aug 2018 #13

Maybe with a pint or two of Guiness True Dough Aug 2018 #54

+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #38

agree handmade34 Aug 2018 #10

No thanks. Hope everyone keeps posting it wherever. N/t FSogol Aug 2018 #11

Exactly...thread policing is so annoying.. HipChick Aug 2018 #15

I chew right through that leash, and run rampant around the yard and then jump the fence Miles Archer Aug 2018 #43

I hear ya...I'm anti RTFM person... HipChick Aug 2018 #44

Don't Onion links MontanaMama Aug 2018 #12

What is far more annoying is when people word their thread titles to be clickbait. Demit Aug 2018 #14

Amen oberliner Aug 2018 #16

Breaking Big: How Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Became a Warrior for Women OilemFirchen Aug 2018 #21

breaking big is the name of the tv show at the link. Mosby Aug 2018 #27

Oh. OilemFirchen Aug 2018 #31

Celebrating Democratic Party heroes is definitely what DU should be about oberliner Aug 2018 #35

I despise that. And usually there will already be umpteen other "breaking" threads. Tipperary Aug 2018 #23

I have to ask Sherman A1 Aug 2018 #17

I like wondering if a headline is real or satire. CrispyQ Aug 2018 #19

not unlike the OP here . . . I have been wondering if it is satire . . if it isn't, it should be DrDan Aug 2018 #60

Realizing it's satire is half the fun NotASurfer Aug 2018 #20

Doing satire in today's world is not easy Gothmog Aug 2018 #24

The link normally clues me in. Nt NCTraveler Aug 2018 #22

Hmm... Docreed2003 Aug 2018 #25

This post is satirical...I will take your suggestion under advisement Cirque du So-What Aug 2018 #26

Labeler!!! Iggo Aug 2018 #55

What if you read the headline, opened the OP to take a read, but before reading, scrolled down DonViejo Aug 2018 #28

Why that might take up to six seconds of valuable personal time Zorro Aug 2018 #29

And cause unnecessary wear and tear on your mouse dalton99a Aug 2018 #32

And expend .00000001 calories unnecessarily to click the mouse button Zorro Aug 2018 #33

Someone's moving in very slowwwwwwwwwwwwwww motion if it takes six seconds to accomplish DonViejo Aug 2018 #34

What brought this on? mcar Aug 2018 #37

I refuse to EVER label satire. It ruins it. phleshdef Aug 2018 #39

Why is this being negotiated? PDittie Aug 2018 #40

It would certainly help the slow and dull avoid confusion. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #41

My opinion is that nothing should be posted in GD. LuckyCharms Aug 2018 #42

I wish you hadn't included the sarcasm tag at the end True Dough Aug 2018 #56

I demand o know if this post is a Poe or not! Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2018 #45

LOL...nice one. Iggo Aug 2018 #57

Not going to happen. MineralMan Aug 2018 #46

Satire or not, it's smart to check the source for anything posted. Good critical literacy practice. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2018 #47

Hah! Excellent satire! hunter Aug 2018 #48

FFS... really?! demmiblue Aug 2018 #49

But general is general... lame54 Aug 2018 #50

I didn't find this post funny at all underpants Aug 2018 #51

Satire is much more than humor. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #52

Figuring out whether something is satire or not lets me know my brain still works! Tribalceltic Aug 2018 #58

good heavens . . . sad DrDan Aug 2018 #59

Are you kidding? I can't tell. n/t Captain Stern Aug 2018 #61

Agree! secondwind Aug 2018 #62