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Bullseye

Bullseye

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A top media site has decided to optimize its coverage of the Democratic presidential election:

The Bible tells us to work smarter, not harder. Or, better yet, don't work at all if you can help it. You can look it up. It's in the Proverbs somewhere.

That's why we're announcing today that we will simply be republishing everything Joe Biden says word for word rather than spending a lot of time and effort writing satire.

We at The Babylon Bee realized we were spending all this time trying to satirize Joe Biden when, frankly, he just can't be satirized. He's doing all the hard work for us with statements like "You ain't black!" and, of gun violence, that "150 million people have been killed since 2007."

Every day is a real grind when we arrive at the sprawling Babylon Bee headquarters, settle in on our throne of Chick-fil-A sandwiches, and boot up the ol' PC to check what Biden said over the past 24 hours. We're tired of trying to out-parody things like "I got hairy legs that turn blonde in the sun and the kids used to reach in the pool and rub my leg down and watch the hair come back up again" and "Corn Pop was a bad dude."

Like, what do you do with that? Seriously. Go ahead. Try to satirize it. Anything you do just doesn't have that perfect mix of absurdity and reality that makes satire work so effective at communicating truth. So we're throwing in the towel.
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“Top media site?”



You do know what satire means?
 
HumblePi said:
The 'Babylon Bee'? Are you taking a satire site and projecting their satire as 'truth' ? I'm wracking my brain trying to remember the Bible verse where Jesus preaches us to work smart and not hard. I can look it up though, "it's in the Proverbs somewhere".
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Look up people who live in glass houses while you're at it. :mrgreen:
 
Bullseye said:
A top media site has decided to optimize its coverage of the Democratic presidential election:
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They really have no sense of humor at all:

Rexedgar said:
“Top media site?”



You do know what satire means?
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HumblePi said:
The 'Babylon Bee'? Are you taking a satire site and projecting their satire as 'truth' ? I'm wracking my brain trying to remember the Bible verse where Jesus preaches us to work smart and not hard. I can look it up though, "it's in the Proverbs somewhere".
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trixare4kids said:
Look up people who live in glass houses while you're at it. :mrgreen:
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What are you saying, are you trying to tell us that you think a satire site is real?
 
HumblePi said:
The 'Babylon Bee'? Are you taking a satire site and projecting their satire as 'truth' ? I'm wracking my brain trying to remember the Bible verse where Jesus preaches us to work smart and not hard. I can look it up though, "it's in the Proverbs somewhere".
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A similar phrase was attributed to the Prophet Mohammad
 
AmNat said:
They really have no sense of humor at all:
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It wouldn't be unusual for forum members like Bullseye to post links to sites that are conspiratorial, far-right, or about as valid as The Onion, and believe they're genuine.
 
HumblePi said:
It wouldn't be unusual for forum members like Bullseye to post links to sites that are conspiratorial, far-right, or about as valid as The Onion, and believe they're genuine.
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It must be sad to go through life like this. To be the person at a party explaining why the chicken wouldn't actually cross the road, or what have you. Hopefully you grow out of it.
 
Of course Bullseye thinks The Bablyon Bee is a top site.
 
HumblePi said:
It wouldn't be unusual for forum members like Bullseye to post links to sites that are conspiratorial, far-right, or about as valid as The Onion, and believe they're genuine.
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You mean like WaPo, or NYT?
 
AmNat said:
They really have no sense of humor at all:
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Exactly the result I'd expected. Only way I could have made it better would have been to include some phrased like "sources familiar with the situation . . ." or "according to a high ranking source not authorized to speak on the subject"

Notice also I just called it a "top media site" no allusion to being a "news" or factual source.
 
Bullseye said:
Exactly the result I'd expected. Only way I could have made it better would have been to include some phrased like "sources familiar with the situation . . ." or "according to a high ranking source not authorized to speak on the subject"

Notice also I just called it a "top media site" no allusion to being a "news" or factual source.
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That’s some first rate moonwalking.....
 
HumblePi said:
The 'Babylon Bee'? Are you taking a satire site and projecting their satire as 'truth' ? I'm wracking my brain trying to remember the Bible verse where Jesus preaches us to work smart and not hard. I can look it up though, "it's in the Proverbs somewhere".
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"Projecting their satire as truth"? Really? I'm well aware of satire and it's purpose. You may need a refresher.
 
HumblePi said:
It wouldn't be unusual for forum members like Bullseye to post links to sites that are conspiratorial, far-right, or about as valid as The Onion, and believe they're genuine.
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Wow! Really stung you, didn't I? Now you're childishly lashing out.
 
AmNat said:
It must be sad to go through life like this. To be the person at a party explaining why the chicken wouldn't actually cross the road, or what have you. Hopefully you grow out of it.
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One of life's greatest mysteries is why so many comedians are liberals while so many hoi polloi libs are absolutely humorless.
 
HumblePi said:
No I don't mean legitimate news agencies, I mean satire sites like the ones you trust.
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How long you going to persist in this childish tantrum? :boohoo:
 
Bullseye said:
"Projecting their satire as truth"? Really? I'm well aware of satire and it's purpose. You may need a refresher.
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And you posted this in the forum 'US Partisan Politics and Political Platforms - Partisan events, partisan legislature and discussion of political party platforms'., so which is it?
Is your article about either of those or would it be more appropriate under conspiracy theories?
 
HumblePi said:
And you posted this in the forum 'US Partisan Politics and Political Platforms - Partisan events, partisan legislature and discussion of political party platforms'., so which is it?
Is your article about either of those or would it be more appropriate under conspiracy theories?
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"conspiracy theories"? Are you ****ting me? I put it in partisan politics because it was critical of a major political party's candidate for President.

Go ahead keep flailing around aimlessly, it's getting funnier and funnier - in a pathetic sort of way.
 
Bullseye said:
"conspiracy theories"? Are you ****ting me? I put it in partisan politics because it was critical of a major political party's candidate for President.

Go ahead keep flailing around aimlessly, it's getting funnier and funnier - in a pathetic sort of way.
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YOU posting a link to a satire website is hysterical and just judging from the comments you're getting, most agree with me.
 
HumblePi said:
YOU posting a link to a satire website is hysterical and just judging from the comments you're getting, most agree with me.
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Yeah, there are a lot of fools on the left (your alleged "Centrist" lean fools no one).
 
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