It could be poor reading comprehension, gullibility, or just a failure to check sources, but many people have a problem with understanding satire. Even when it's not subtle, some folks really just miss the point of satire, or don't want to get it. Sometimes it's funny to see someone react with outrage over a fake story about NASA shooting a chimp into the sun. Other times it's just kind of pitiful, like when someone uses a joke as a source in an actual article.
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These memes will make you us want to quit Stalin and overthrow capitalism right Mao.
Recently Donald Trump tweeted the word "TREASON?" in light of the New York Times op ed that was published on Wednesday. The article was supposedly written by someone within the Trump Administration, calling themselves part of the "resistance."
After Trump's "treason" tweet, people on Twitter began making their own amusing parodies, which you can read below!
Via Betches
American Girls. Those super-expensive dolls you could buy to look creepily exactly like you, look nothing like you, or to just be cute:
She's definitely cute
We can agree--whether with our parents over how much they cost, or at our friends for not letting us rip off their heads or cut off their hair--we have all had anger toward them at some point in our lives.
Enter Betches and their definitive ranking of the American Girls by Betchiness.
We get the glory of seeing that entitled historical b*tch Samantha, finally getting put in her place.
...and seeing Josefina Montoya--pronounced "HO-SEF-INA" (I know, because I used to work there and was REQUIRED to correct people who called in to order one, fun times)--put in her damn place brings me NO END of pleasure:
Plus with randos like Caroline Abbott...
...you will feel the satisfying burn of familiar hatred sparked within the childlike center of your soul.
Don't you just hate our faces?!
Check out more of the awesomeness and pick your favorite betch here.
People on Tinder can take themselves too seriously. That's why it's so refreshing, and hilarious, to see Jared Allen, an Aussie guy with a beard and a whole lot of free time, taking the piss out of women's pictures on Tinder. And these pictures are fantastic. For scientific purposes, obviously. But judging whether you want to date someone by a photo and a bio is a little weird. If you think that the world of dating has become messed up in the recent years, we agree with you. That's why it's so good to see someone making fun of it.
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Though not all the information in this video is accurate, this latest installment of "True Facts" is sure to make you laugh while you learn about the armadillo!
EDITOR'S NOTE: Some naughty words in this video may not make it the best to watch at work. Enjoy!
ClimateChange.org's video "Climate Name Change proposes in a satirical-yet-serious way that we change the way we name storms. The video's suggestion of naming storms after political policy makers that deny climate change is tied to their actual petition here.
Hurricane Paul Ryan does have a nice ring to it. What do you think?
Via The Daily Dot
It would've been too good to be true if the Chinese Communist Party's once-in-a-decade leadership transition last week didn't leave any controversies behind on the Internet. The Daily Dot reports that this photoshopped parody of the Chinese leaders (including Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao) doing the horse dance was making the rounds on Facebook, Weibo and other microblogging services before getting censored by Sina Weibo censors.
Via Brian and Maria
YouTube's comedy sketch duo Brian Firenzi and Maria Del Carmen provide a clever (and sadly, reasonable) answer to why there are little to no music videos playing on MTV these days.
Check out this satirical animation short explaining the U.S. electoral process in the style of Schoolhouse Rock! songs from the forthcoming FOX evening cartoon program Animation Domination High Definition (ADHD).
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The Star Wars fans react to Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm with biting commentaries aimed at George Lucas, who is now the second largest shareholder of the Walt Disney Company after the estate of Steve Jobs.
