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submitted 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
 

Whatever makes you sleep at night bud

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[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 32 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

Is this going to be another thread of people taking an obvious joke seriously

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

Poe's law. It's not extreme enough. I can easily picture a maga using this logic to justify why Trump's middle east fuckup isn't all that bad.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 20 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

While it doesn't show the whole post, nothing about this screams obvious joke.

[–] Penguin_1024@piefed.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

I saw a Trump supporter in a very red area of the U.S. share this or a very similar thing sincerely. He didn't think it was a joke.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 0 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Literally the entire thing screams obvious joke.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I once got an F in school for pointing out the text was an obvious joke 😂 It wasn't. Turns out people in that time period were really stupid. (Guess that also holds true for modern times. Maybe even more so.)

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I think we have different definitions of obvious.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Dude, I've got the 'tism; I think this is largely a media literacy issue.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

If that’s the case then I think Lemmy has some of the worst media literacy per user that I’ve ever seen in one space online. Minus maybe Facebook

[–] sepi@piefed.social 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Media literacy around the world is in shambles, not just in some dumb corner of the internet.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

In this case I’m specifically referring to detection of satire and sarcasm

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Oh, I happen to agree.

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

I know people who post this unironically. They are too far gone