It really amazes me how many people's sarcasm detectors are permanently turned off and how it seems the terms satire and satirical are foreign to so many. Just over the past week, I've bumped into the following situations: 1) On four separate occasions, I received messages from individuals asking me about the validity or point of articles published by The Onion , yes THAT Onion. On all four occasions, I calmly said, "Psst, it's The Onion , you know, satire, so it's not actually true." There are times I just want to respond, "Yes, the 80-year-old man in the picture really did give birth to octuplets." 2) On even more occasions, when making satirical comments on my Twitter feed, I received replies from individuals whom obviously felt I was being serious. Since this happens so frequently amongst my 28,000+ followers, I've just learned to shrug my shoulders and mumble to myself, "Eh, whatevs." Sadly, I've reached a point where if I ...
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