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« on: December 19, 2021, 03:23:39 PM »
« edited: December 19, 2021, 03:31:16 PM by TheReckoning »

I say Freedom satire, even though they seemed to imply that the 2020 election was stolen/not safe for Biden (even after the fact). Also, their fan base can be pretty cringe.
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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2021, 03:24:54 PM »

Freedom Satire
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2021, 03:25:24 PM »

It's pretty funny when fact-checkers and tech companies treat it like a serious news outlet
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« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2021, 03:29:42 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2021, 03:44:16 PM »

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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2021, 03:48:30 PM »

It was actually pretty funny back when it was a Christian satire site especially since it skewered conservative evangelical culture all the time too. Unfortunately it got sold in 2018 and the new owner just turned it into a right-wing version of The Onion that's very lame.
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2021, 08:51:48 PM »

It was actually pretty funny back when it was a Christian satire site especially since it skewered conservative evangelical culture all the time too. Unfortunately it got sold in 2018 and the new owner just turned it into a right-wing version of The Onion that's very lame.

This. The previous ownership was plenty conservative too, but it had a distinct identity and choice of subject matter, and writers with good senses of humor about that subject matter. The current version is just Fox News...With Jokes!, although to be fair I suppose the Onion itself is increasingly MSNBC...With Jokes! too.
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« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2021, 09:55:17 PM »

Incredibly dull and uncreative.
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« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2021, 10:54:13 PM »

Cringe Satire.
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« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2021, 12:15:39 AM »

Yeesh.  I just took a quick look at their site.  Pretty much all of it is "35 genders! Pink-haired SJWs! Riots! Biden is senile!"  Half their articles start off with that and then segue into a non-satirical ad for some awful product aimed at Trumpists.

The right can't do satire.
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« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2021, 10:04:33 AM »

Sometimes funny but often not that funny.  Still, it has some real bangers so I'm going to say FF because of those.
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« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2021, 10:25:57 AM »

Rivals The Onion.
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« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2021, 11:27:39 AM »

It's like an AI approximation of what humor might be. You'll occasionally get a vague jesture in the direction of a joke, or, if you're lucky, something with the same structure as a joke, but they never seem able to make them funny. I get the appeal if you're a conservative though, given how barren right-wing humor is. It's rare that a right-winger can deliver a second joke that isn't "haha 3928 genders" without getting too angry to get to the punch line, so any attempt at all is going to look great.
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« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2021, 12:58:57 PM »

It's pretty funny when fact-checkers and tech companies treat it like a serious news outlet

Not really a fan but letting an at best marginally funny satirical news site get under your skin to the point where you're writing this big long serious "fact check" article about them is pathetic little dick energy.
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« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2021, 12:59:10 PM »

Undoubtedly the best Satire site right now.


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« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2021, 01:03:49 PM »

Sometimes funny but often not that funny.  Still, it has some real bangers so I'm going to say FF because of those.

Yeah, it’s not usually funny and I don’t go out of my way to read it, but sometimes they put out a hit.
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« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2021, 02:25:53 PM »

The Babylon Bee is about as funny as appendicitis. I seriously question the sense of humor of anyone who likes something that falls this far on the wrong side of the Carlin Equilibrium.
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« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2021, 02:49:58 PM »
« Edited: December 20, 2021, 02:55:05 PM by THG »

Freedom Satire, though the old version that focused more on religious than political satire was significantly better. It was also something I could relate to as a Christian conservative.

I still definitely enjoy the current version, however.
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« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2021, 02:58:47 PM »

Not as good as they used to be but they still have their moments.
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« Reply #19 on: December 20, 2021, 03:44:20 PM »

There's a lot to satirize about contemporary Democratic politics and yet they have exactly one joke.
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« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2021, 04:27:36 PM »

 HS, not angry at it or offended at it, I just don’t like it, it’s not for me.
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« Reply #21 on: December 20, 2021, 05:04:41 PM »

Laughing at strawmen.
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« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2021, 04:30:44 PM »

The casserole and megachurch jokes are pretty funny.
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« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2021, 04:39:02 PM »

Pretty funny, though I think I agree that they've gotten less so since COVID started or so. 2018-2019 were the glory years. They've gotten rather better than the Onion, though, especially in getting funny reactions from people.
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