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Humor in Times of War?
miradu asks: "With the nation in such a serious mood in such dire times, what are we supposed to do for humor? April Fool's Day is just around the corner, but that's only for one day! Sites like The Onion will always be around to poke fun at things, but what are some other smaller sites that are writing some good satire/parodies of the current situations? I need to laugh!"
CNN and the New York Times frontpage is full of fiction. Just read any of their "facts" for a nice gut laugh!
FAIR AND BALANCED
...until you realize they might be serious...
GOD BLESS FOX NEWS!
Seriously, though... if you're in the right frame of mind, it can be damn funny.
nah. No way they could be serious!
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Get your war on is an instant classic.
Unsurprisingly, about.com has a current events satiric humour section. Anything they don't have a section on?
Anyway, if you don't mind the popups, some of the links are actually pretty funny, and there are a lot of current events-related humour sections.
Something Awful's Guide To Surviving War In Iraq
Whitehouse.org
Get Your War On
Saddam Hussein's LiveJournal
(two of the above recently mentioned on the very article that's currently headlining Satanosphere).
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Oh man, I could lose my job over this. Ha ha.
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My favorite satire site:
BBSpot
later,
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See the Whitehouse's site (carefull, second like is somewhat graphic)
It's times like this that I miss Satirewire dearly. I liked their stuff much better than the Onion and BBSpot.
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I know I can't tell em apart most of the time. And who knew they had so maaany?
Field Guide to Fox Blondes
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journalists came to consensus today that the war plan that none of them have seen is definitely different from what is happening, and in a big way. "They way didn't plan on this!", many were heard to say, and others were seen writing that down attributing it to "a source"
A CNN column calls Iraqi resistance "spontaneous":
"You know," the reporter said in defense of the characterization, "'spontaneous' as in 'I spontaneously decided not to throw down my weapons as previously planned because they shot my nine year old cousin and threatened to kill more of my family'".
He was not able to explain here why he failed to remember that the main reason things are going slower is most likely due to further terrorism by death squads, the use of human shields, and American forces' unwillingness to plow ahead when Saddam's thugs are putting civilian in the line of fire:
I like how, right after Iraqi officials state that the taxi incident was an officially sanctioned suicide attack and that there would be more on the way, they get all incensed about US troops shooting into a van after it failed to stop as it approached a checkpoint and was instructed to stop, failed to stop after a warning shot, and failed to stop after a shot into the engine. That, you see, is an atrocity, and it's the US' fault.
In fact, any report of civilian casualties that is not reported with suspicion that it might have been intentionally inflicted by the Iraqi regime is laughable.
Me? I don't have to go outside of the war coverage--I got plenty of laughs right there.
Liberty uber alles.
For humor value, doesn't everyone just go and laugh at the war protestors?
;-)
*duck*
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i'll get stoned and write up some satirical news articles. WARNING: marijuana may be required to appreciate my artistic vision
I remember discussing "The Great Dictator" in my German class in the context of the question whether or not humor about awful things was okay. I take the position, that humor is among other things our way of dealing with awful things. As long as we don't trivialize things that shouldn't be trivialized, I think humor is a healthy and appropriate way of working through our pain.
I have heard other positions about it though that I have a hard time arguing against: That humor can't avoid trivializing its subject. Or that it's disrespectful to the victims to laugh about the thing or person which victimized them.
Anybody else have a different perspective on this?
Borowitz Report has been fairly consistently good. Even prophetic. He had Geraldo un-imbedded a whole week before it really happened. Then there are the Fuck Fries, Saddam Hiding 1 Million US Jobs, and a classic bit on Nucular Weapons. (Yes, you read right. NUCULAR.)
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The best so far:
:-)
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Actually made me laugh out loud when I saw it.
-Bill
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You fucking idiots fell for it. Wait'll Bush finds out. He probably really thought he was really at war with Iraq. Hah!
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Fox News itself, just against the people who take it too seriously.
And I could say the same many times over about Rush, too. I find him to be quite entertaining, unlike some of his fans, who are just... creepy.
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www.comedycentral.com/dailyshow/
"Reality is just a convenient measure of complexity" -Alvy Ray Smith
If you went to university in engineering , look at your job prospects! Hilarious! Now look at your bank account! Hysterical!
I need to laugh!
Oh you do, do you? HA, you thought you could fool me, but I'm just too darn smart! Come on, just say it already... April Fools.
They were going to call it Operation Iraqi Liberation, but they didn't want people to say that it was all about OIL.
No, this joke doesn't represent my opinion on the war, and no, I don't think there's much to laugh at regarding the war either. Just figured I'd post it for informational purposes.
Creds to milath's mom (heh, now that makes me laugh.)
PS: Apparently I posted this message 15 seconds in the future so I have to "Slow down" and try again... Guess that's what I get for trolling as an AC in my off time.
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Yes, that's exactly what we're doing. We're shooting the brains out of babies. That's precisely what's going on over there.
Question.
Were you born defective, or have you gotten gradually worse over the years?
If the war is getting you down, get off your couch and get out there and Protest.
Television/the web will do one thing - keep you riveted in one spot, inactive and docile.
The thing for Americans to be doing right now, if the war is getting them down, is *PROTEST THE WAR* AT ALL COSTS!
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
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Not war related, but when I get in to work tonight, I plan on posting my boss' job on the internal job board.
Someone hates these cans.
`April fool!'
Half of them will surrender on the spot. No telling what these crazy American bastards might do next.
Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing
How about cartoons posted at www.villagevoice.com? This week's cartoon is posted at www.villagevoice.com/fiore/. Good laugh... hmmm... pretty tough one. I kind of link pearly23.tripod.com/htmls/bush-idiot.html, but I don't know what your taste is like.
Check this out: Bush versus Saddam
Visit the Mother Site !
...but fine propaganda none the less:
www.whitehouse.org
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You are looking at ways from distracting yourself - but it is right there in front of you.
Nothing funnier than killing people that are different from you.
With their funny way of talking and their play money.
Hell - it is so cute the way they play government and even have those toy news stations.
Of course, they ain't 'merican, so it ain't real. That's why its okay to kill 'em.
Seriously though - if you need a laugh, just lean back in your chair and think of the French. Or the Canadianers. Or the funniest of all - the French Candianers.
Bunch of fucking mimes all up there, dancing around on ice skates.
Now THAT is pure comedy gold.
fucking canadians.
There are some odd things afoot now, in the Villa Straylight.
234rwq
Leave it to the Brits to look on the bright side of life.
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Yes, protest the war. Say no to removing the next Stalin from power. Support a regime that uses torture as a regular law enforcement measure. Say yes to using biological and chemical weapons on your neighbors and your minority groups! Say yes to nuclear weapons programs! Support underground religious extremist terror groups! Remember, Operation Iraqi Freedom isn't about preventing a dangerous regime from producing more illegal weapons that it will probably use, its about launcing Iraqi babies from catapults and shooting them in midair when "Pull!" is yelled... For those of you that might not catch on this was all sarcasm...
Viral software licensing is not freedom, it is in fact GNU/Socialism.
I find the Daily Show to be funny and have better actual news content then most major networks.
Well I've wrestled with reality for thirty five years doctor, and I'm happy to say I finally won out over it.
We're shooting babies half a world away? Damn, that's one hell of a range.
silly stuff (completely war-unrelated but gross nevertheless)can make me laugh:
n in crease.html
http://www.ironycentral.com/archives/ejaculatio
http://www.ironycentral.com/babymain.html
About the politic satire now: The chimpanzee stops being funny when he has all the bombs.
I doubt that we will ever figure out - and I suspect that even if we did figure out we couldn't do much about it
Finally, a political cartoon for the minority.
http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/
Ummm... The US (and its citizens) is in no position to preach to other countries about human rights abuses.
American arrogance is the new enemy.
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
There is a whole bunch of anti-war (and geek-related) satire over at the New World Odour. It's based in the UK but like US imperialism, humour flows around the world...
- Welcome the coming of the New World Odour
The point is that the US (and it's citizens) do NOT abuse people anywhere near the level of the Iraqi dictatorship.
When was the last time you saw any REAL democracy where their "leader" gets 100% of the public vote??? That's what Saddam got in their last "election". I'll tell you right now there's no f*ckin' way he got 100% of the vote after killing over 150,000 of those people (you can never kill all of your opposition).
Anybody who today still believes that Saddam Hussein and his "government" are innocent victims of us "big bad imperialist Americans" is seriously delusional. And anybody still out there protesting weeks into this war is ignorant.
And if any of you want to know what my brothers, friends, and I are fighting for in Iraq, I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU READ THE FOLLOWING STORY FROM A MAN WITH FAMILY IN BAGHDAD:
"I Was Wrong", by Ken Joseph, Jr.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
It is absurd that these people are suffering undeserved deaths with our support and tax money - and most seem to be concerned that economic inconvenience will disturb their leisure and recreation.
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