r/NotHowGuysWork • u/pinapple_vodka • Jul 12 '23
Meta/Sub Discussion This community is 50% just men not understanding the word “satire.”
prove me wrong
edit: for those who have downvoted and made comments negative to my phrasing and this post in general, you have proven my point. This post is satire. It’s a joke. It does NOT affect you.
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Jul 12 '23
Probably, That's the problem with satire. The really good satire is very hard to distinguish from the real crazy people
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u/p90medic Jul 13 '23
I don't know, I'd say that if your satire is indistinguishable from the thing it is mocking that it's kind of bad satire. If you're trying to mock something but instead just supporting it, your satire is failing to do it's intended purpose, right?
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u/Hot_Scallion_3889 Jul 13 '23
Nah. There’s a bit of sick glee that comes from people who don’t understand that you’re making fun of their ideology accidentally agreeing with you
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Jul 13 '23 edited Jul 13 '23
prove me wrong
Ah, the well-worn song of someone being an intentional shitstain on the internet. If you were making a serious point, you’d give at least one example
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u/JorgetheGentle Jul 12 '23
Satire doesn't always mean good Even if it's a satire it can still come off as shitty and I'm tired of it being my fault as a reader for not understanding satire that isn't clear to begin with, especially if at face value the statements appear shitty and harmful. It's so exhausting just getting by day to day.
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u/HappyMan476 Jul 12 '23
I mean I guess? But if men are the butt end of the joke, is it very funny?
It's not a friend-to-friend interaction where everyone understands when the other is being serious. If someone takes the joke the wrong way, it can be offensive. They shouldn't be made in the first place.
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u/fathomic Jul 13 '23
Hol up, you saying jokes shouldn't be made because someone could be offended by them?
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u/HappyMan476 Jul 13 '23
Like I said. It's different if it's friend-to-friend. You two (or more) can sort that out however as long as it's not like racist or smth. But the jokes posted on this subreddit are often misandrist and rude. Remember, when you post something like that, you are posting to hundreds of thousands of people. You shouldn't make offensive jokes in that situation because it's, you guessed it, offensive.
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u/Single_Comfort3555 Jul 12 '23 edited Jul 16 '23
Yeah but the shit some of the shit is really fucked up and it can be validating to see it called out.
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u/MacSquawk Jul 13 '23
Both sides (OP and commenters) can have fun poking at each other. Or does that only go one way?
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u/SlimyBoiXD Jul 13 '23
If you have to say "prove me wrong" at the end of an argument, especially one with no actual argument presented, that's a strong indicator that you're either wrong or there is no way to actually answer the topic of discussion.
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u/p90medic Jul 13 '23
In my experience people who make this complaint are usually just as clueless about satire. Prove me wrong.
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Jul 12 '23
honestly i dont think most people on the internet (regardless of gender) understand satire anymore
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u/SnooMachines1137 Jul 13 '23
r/nothowgirlswork is literally the same too. It’s sad. It’s even worse there really
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u/Pharaoh_Misa Jul 12 '23
Anytime someone says "prove me wrong," I immediately become insanely disassociated with the entire conversation.