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Satire Is Dead. (Original Post)
kpete
Sep 2015
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StandingInLeftField
(972 posts)1. Hen...
.... meet Fox.
But Irony is alive and well!
Hydra
(14,459 posts)2. The Onion has been struggling for years
In fact, they called some things almost as they were happening! Truth is stranger than fiction.
MatthewStLouis
(904 posts)4. Ha ha ha!
It's funny. Sometimes it looks like the entire GOP platform is lifted straight from The Onion!
corkhead
(6,119 posts)3. well, they do have a good working knowledge on creating it
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)5. She'll, BHP and GE advise governments
On how to combat climate change? Without damaging their profits?
We're screwed.
tclambert
(11,087 posts)7. I happen to have a copy of their preliminary plan:
Step 1: Deny climate change exists.
a) Attack the character and credibility of climate scientists.
b) Accuse those who believe in climate change of having ulterior political motives.
c) Throw doubt on any attempts to accurately measure global temperatures.
d) Keep telling people that burning more fossil fuels is good for the economy.
Step 2: Admit global warming exists, but say it is not man-made.
a) Attack the character and credibility of climate scientists.
b) Accuse those who believe in man-made climate change of having ulterior political motives.
c) Suggest other possible explanations for temperature rise. (Use sciency language when making up explanations.)
d) Keep telling people that burning more fossil fuels is good for the economy.
Step 3: Insist global warming is actually a good thing.
a) Attack the character and credibility of climate scientists.
b) Accuse those who believe man-made climate change will result in global catastrophe of having ulterior political motives.
c) Remind people that winter is unpleasant.
d) Keep telling people that burning more fossil fuels is good for the economy.
Step 4: Tell the survivors that Earth was never such a great planet anyway.
a) Attack the character and credibility of climate scientists.
b) Accuse those who believe in climate change of having ulterior political motives.
c) Throw doubt on any attempts to accurately measure global temperatures.
d) Keep telling people that burning more fossil fuels is good for the economy.
Step 2: Admit global warming exists, but say it is not man-made.
a) Attack the character and credibility of climate scientists.
b) Accuse those who believe in man-made climate change of having ulterior political motives.
c) Suggest other possible explanations for temperature rise. (Use sciency language when making up explanations.)
d) Keep telling people that burning more fossil fuels is good for the economy.
Step 3: Insist global warming is actually a good thing.
a) Attack the character and credibility of climate scientists.
b) Accuse those who believe man-made climate change will result in global catastrophe of having ulterior political motives.
c) Remind people that winter is unpleasant.
d) Keep telling people that burning more fossil fuels is good for the economy.
Step 4: Tell the survivors that Earth was never such a great planet anyway.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)8. Gomer Blog is awesome!
central scrutinizer
(11,666 posts)9. That's what Tom Lehrer said
When Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize