• theangryseal@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m absolutely shocked that my comment calls for a /s.

    Like, have things got so bad that obvious satire isn’t obvious anymore?

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      7 months ago

      Like, have things got so bad that obvious satire isn’t obvious anymore?

      You must be new here.

      “President stares directly at Sun” isn’t satire anymore.

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        7 months ago

        Ok, yeah. Haha. What a moment that was. God bless former president (hopefully forever) Donald J. Trump. Haha.

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      7 months ago

      Yes, they have. I took it as satire but I can easily see people actually believing it.

      Hell, just yesterday there was a guy still arguing that masks didn’t really make a difference for COVID. That improved hygiene, lock downs/isolation, and social distancing was what made all the difference.

      I then made a comparison to seat belts, airbags, and bicycle helmets and he then made arguments against those too. I just left the “conversation” at that point. I’m really hoping it was just a bot. The responses were pretty long.