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MineralMan

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11. Well, I do it in several different ways.

Reply to Shermann (Reply #10)

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 11:33 AM

Nov 2020

I write satirical posts fairly often, usually in the form of a fake news story. For those, I indicate that it is satire by putting BROKEN: at the beginning of the title.

I also include the ;sarcasm; smiley at the end of the post.

I signal satire in other ways within the content of the post as well, but those got missed too often and confused some DUers. So, I added more direct and clear indications of satire. Even so, some miss the satirical nature of the post.

Satire is difficult to pull off, I'm afraid, here on DU.

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Let's put the United States Electoral College to task! [View all] Shermann Nov 2020 OP

i hate to be the bearer of bad noews BUT nothing can or will happen concerning anything that require beachbumbob Nov 2020 #1

I agree. The constitution needs severe amending but I dont see that happening Buckeyeblue Nov 2020 #3

I'd rather put a stop to the promotion of impossible, foolish ideas MineralMan Nov 2020 #2

What about satirical ideas for changes in our system? Shermann Nov 2020 #5

As I have learned, satire on DU must be signaled in some way MineralMan Nov 2020 #8

What can you do. Many here just seem to skim and retort. Shermann Nov 2020 #10

Well, I do it in several different ways. MineralMan Nov 2020 #11

Fair enough Shermann Nov 2020 #13

You have to surround the word with full colons, not semi-colons MineralMan Nov 2020 #16

Nice, thanks! nt Shermann Nov 2020 #17

Or, just click on the smilies button, dware Nov 2020 #18

The problem being that there have been threads that are dead serious dware Nov 2020 #12

It's a sign of the times that you can't differentiate between absurdity and reality Shermann Nov 2020 #14

... dware Nov 2020 #15

Tell me about it. HUAJIAO Nov 2020 #19

Having "ideals" are fine but realistically discussions should be grounded in reality of actually can beachbumbob Nov 2020 #6

Ok, now, dware Nov 2020 #4

last time it happened? beachbumbob Nov 2020 #7

... dware Nov 2020 #9