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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reality got so bad that satire can only state fact.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

There was a political realignment after the civil war where the democrat and the republican parties switched roles as liberals and conservatives.

Now there's a factual realignment, where reality and satire switch which one is absurd and which one is correct when taken at face value

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

Fuck.

People using "literally" to mean "figuratively" really was only the beginning?

90s me would be sadly satisfied with how shit's going right now. Like, everyone prefers to be right, but sometimes the Schadenfreude isn't worth the squeeze.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

literally has literally never been used literally