Reddit's New 'Premium Moderation' Lets Users Pay to Appeal Post Removals : theonion

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

If The Onion had posted this news two years ago I'd have thought it was too far-fetched to be funny. Now, though...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah. I ate the onion for a solid 30 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yep, before I saw it was The Onion I thought this was real.

[+] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

... in what sense?

Everyone going 'oops, almost got me!' means they suck at satire. If you have to be told it's bullshit, then it's not satire, it's just bullshit. It's comedically-phrased lying. Satire has to go beyond the realm of plausibility. This? This is wholly believable.

And that's at least half of these AI-scented IsGlitch submissions. The response to a punchline should not be "... oh, they're not serious." It is supposed to punch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

These parasites gonna leech, it is your job as a discerning user to deny the parasite engagement and profit ✊

The Onion and other satire w/ layers