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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
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Satire requires textual clarity. Like it can't just be "bad thing that's silly in some way, extra silly edition" it has to be self-defeating and ideally include its own refutation in explicit terms. It's like how "I'm doing bad thing, but and here's the twist, I disagree with bad thing, huh? huh? pretty clever right?" is generally a bad format outside of in-group contexts where stilted presentation and an established reputation ensure that it comes across as mockery instead of just doing the bad thing but in a funny voice.
And even then satire isn't a converting argument, it's not something you win people over with, it's entertainment for people who agree with it. Its use as propaganda is more in reinforcing a position rather than spreading it, it's a "point and laugh at the bad thing" at its shallowest or an exploration of why bad thing is bad at its deepest.