Ok. So if you insist on posting Onion without a notice

[flamin lib]

post it on Humor. There's a whole forum for Humor. Satire is Humor. Out it Where it belongs.

[Iggo]

1. That's not how satire works. (n/t)

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Agreed thanks ..

I dont if theyre lonely or just get off on the clicks

[steventh]

3. or at least put "Onion" in the title

That way those who don't care to click it are forewarned.

[unblock]

4. Political satire is political. Keep it in gd.

Onion posts that have nothing to do with politics, fine.

[USALiberal]

5. I agree, annoying. Label is as satire in GD. Nt

[Iggo]

18. If you label it as satire it ceases to be satire.

[Codeine]

36. How sad is it that people need to have that explained? nt

[4now]

6. I just block anyone who posts satire without a notice

I am heartless that way.

[Iterate]

7. Or Cooking and Baking

It's good to have options.

[True Dough]

53. Good idea!

Add an Onion to your recipe!

[Iterate]

63. Sure, C&B is always funny and delicious, but Humor isn't funny

and when that happens it just wrecks my day. Always three guys walking into a bar. If it's Obama and Biden, yeah I'm all in, but what if the third one is an Amway salesman? No, just no. Sorry Joe, you guys are on your own. Nobody walks into a bar with an Amway salesman. Jeez, rename the forums.

[Freddie]

8. It can be hard to tell if Onion is satire or not sometimes

[rzemanfl]

30. +1. n/t

[Gothmog]

9. Satire is an important aspect of political debate

Satire belongs on this board. I was fortunate to have a civics teacher (back when Civics was a required course to graduate) who taught us about the importance of political cartoons and satire in political debate. Swift's Modest Proposal is a classic example of the use of satire on then contemporary issues.

[Demit]

13. Swift would have been excoriated if he'd posted on DU.

Hey, warn us when we're about to read a satirical piece, OK? We really thought you meant we should eat Irish babies!

[True Dough]

54. Maybe with a pint or two of Guiness

[smirkymonkey]

38. +1000

I can't understand why people get so offended by this.

[handmade34]

10. agree

since we live in these times when anything is possible... I wouldn't have agreed 2 years ago but times are different

[FSogol]

11. No thanks. Hope everyone keeps posting it wherever. N/t

[HipChick]

15. Exactly...thread policing is so annoying..

[Miles Archer]

43. I chew right through that leash, and run rampant around the yard and then jump the fence

I don't follow orders well. That's why I started my own business in 2001.



Seriously, I try to be a "courteous" poster. What I find from being here 7 days a week is that there is no shortage of complaints on any level. I'm sure I've found it onto more than a few "ignore" lists just because of who I am and how I say the things I say.

The last 20 or so Onion posts I've done have had "ONION:" (yes, in caps) at the beginning, and then the rest of the subject line.

That said, as soon as I am ordered to do it, it makes me not want to do it any more.

I'm funny that way.

[HipChick]

44. I hear ya...I'm anti RTFM person...

[MontanaMama]

12. Don't Onion links

say The Onion in the actual link? Same for Borowitz? Maybe it’s me but I usually scan the link before I read the article just to get an idea of what I’m in for.

[Demit]

14. What is far more annoying is when people word their thread titles to be clickbait.

Or when people put the word "BREAKING" in the beginning of thread titles, as if they are a news org.

[oberliner]

16. Amen

Very annoying.

[OilemFirchen]

21. Breaking Big: How Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Became a Warrior for Women

oberliner (54,951 posts)

[Mosby]

27. breaking big is the name of the tv show at the link.

OZY Media’s third prime-time television show, Breaking Big, airs Fridays at 8.30 p.m. ET on PBS stations, OZY.com and Facebook Watch. Join us as we explore the unexpected journeys to success of some of the world’s most influential stars. This week’s guest is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

[OilemFirchen]

31. Oh.

[oberliner]

35. Celebrating Democratic Party heroes is definitely what DU should be about

Props for Kirsten Gillibrand are always welcome - glad you agree!

Edit to add: Didn't realize you meant the post as a dig on the reference to the name of the program being "Breaking Big"

[Tipperary]

23. I despise that. And usually there will already be umpteen other "breaking" threads.

The all caps breaking news thread is beyond annoying.

[Sherman A1]

17. I have to ask

Are you an Administrator or somehow in charge?

[CrispyQ]

19. I like wondering if a headline is real or satire.

The other day there was a headline that Putin told Trump he wanted Giuliani fired & my first thought was, "Is this Borowitz or is it Russian media?" It was Borowitz.

[DrDan]

60. not unlike the OP here . . . I have been wondering if it is satire . . if it isn't, it should be

[NotASurfer]

20. Realizing it's satire is half the fun

And when you get to the link it cinches the deal

[Gothmog]

24. Doing satire in today's world is not easy

I agree with you that realizing that it is satire is indeed a significant percentage of the fun.

I also know that anything from the Onion or Andy Borowitz is satire

[NCTraveler]

22. The link normally clues me in. Nt

[Docreed2003]

25. Hmm...

Perhaps we would do well to actual click the link in the article, review the source, and read the content before we slam satire in the GD?

DU is an amazing site and resource but the OP's are intended to expose us to other sites and stories, not merely to be the source of our news content.

I think satire here is entirely appropriate and, although we live in a world where satire seems all too true, it remains valuable!

[Cirque du So-What]

26. This post is satirical...I will take your suggestion under advisement

NAH!

[Iggo]

55. Labeler!!!

[DonViejo]

28. What if you read the headline, opened the OP to take a read, but before reading, scrolled down

the four paragraphs in the OP and saw the link to the full article, realizing "oh, it's stuff from the Onion."?

[Zorro]

29. Why that might take up to six seconds of valuable personal time

according to some around here.

[dalton99a]

32. And cause unnecessary wear and tear on your mouse

which is a highly valuable computer accessory

[Zorro]

33. And expend .00000001 calories unnecessarily to click the mouse button

[DonViejo]

34. Someone's moving in very slowwwwwwwwwwwwwww motion if it takes six seconds to accomplish

the goal of open, scroll and read a link. I'm inclined to think it's more fun to slip into semi-hysteria about an OP, though.

[mcar]

37. What brought this on?

[phleshdef]

39. I refuse to EVER label satire. It ruins it.

[PDittie]

40. Why is this being negotiated?

Is someone or something bothering you?

[LanternWaste]

41. It would certainly help the slow and dull avoid confusion.

Among others as well, I imagine.

[LuckyCharms]

42. My opinion is that nothing should be posted in GD.

If you can't find another forum for it, it's not worth posting.

Abolish GD.

It's too general anyway.

[True Dough]

56. I wish you hadn't included the sarcasm tag at the end

Some people might have thought you were serious with that suggestion.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

45. I demand o know if this post is a Poe or not!

[Iggo]

57. LOL...nice one.

[MineralMan]

46. Not going to happen.

Everyone can see the links in such posts. Further, others also contribute satirical posts here. Satire is not just humor. It is a legitimate commentary on politics or other topics.

You may not like it. You might not recognize it as satire. However, you are also not in charge of the rules at DU. Sorry.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

47. Satire or not, it's smart to check the source for anything posted. Good critical literacy practice.

[hunter]

48. Hah! Excellent satire!

Short and effective, you skewered it.

I appreciate all the satire posted in GD.

[demmiblue]

49. FFS... really?!

[lame54]

50. But general is general...

A wide variety of topics

[underpants]

51. I didn't find this post funny at all

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

52. Satire is much more than humor.

It's one of the best ways of skewering those who deserve skewering, and most effectively in politics. It's funny and deadly serious at the same time and absolutely should not be relegated to a humor forum. If you don't get satire, or can't identify it when it appears, at least let the rest of us appreciate it for what it really is - an icepick in the eye of people like Trump.

[Tribalceltic]

58. Figuring out whether something is satire or not lets me know my brain still works!

[DrDan]

59. good heavens . . . sad

[Captain Stern]

61. Are you kidding? I can't tell. n/t

[secondwind]

62. Agree!