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What’s the funniest internet argument you’ve ever read? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Inspired by this Jon Bois video where body builders argue about the number of days in a week.

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Edit: thanks to 18107 for a li k to the original

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That sounds promising. What are the odds it’s been taken over by “true believers”? That seems to be the fate of any long-running satire on Reddit. TheDonald, most infamously.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think some people could think it's not satire but that's because there is a rule saying "we are not satire". Guess what? That rule is satire too

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How do you know it is satire in that case?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because:

They pretend words like Karen or Boomer are slurs
They censor the words g#me, g#mer and videog#me
They say Hitler invented videogames in 1939
Most of their proof is photoshopped images (example)
Most of the users active in that sub are actually also active in gaming subreddits
They call their subreddit a "facebook group"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I refuse to believe TD was ever insincere. I think sane people are just unfamiliar with how willfully stupid fascists sound as a form of cover.

The leader of the KKK refers to themselves as wizards and dragons.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They make themselves look like clowns by design. It's a long-standing tradition among fascists and people still fall for it to this day.