The overall purpose of satire is usually to make some kind of moral or political change in society through the use of critical humor. A satirist will choose a subject or person with whom he finds faults and use humor to make those faults obvious. In theory, many satirists hope that the humor will have a corrective effect, almost like a punishment for bad behavior, ultimately leading people to change the way they behave and discouraging others from behaving the same way in the future.
Since the overall purpose of satire is generally to point out the faults in people, satirists often rely on exaggeration to make a point. For example, a politician who favors heavy taxation might be depicted as a pig stealing people’s food from their plates. This sort of exaggeration shows the fault in question and puts a critical spin on it. People often remember and enjoy the satire because it’s funny and entertaining, but if it’s handled correctly, the message should ideally stick with them much longer than the initial entertainment element.
Funny how it's OK if you ridicule them online, but you're too chicken to do it to their face.
when in truth a sheetrock wall has more common sense than that person does.
I think you and the wall have something in common, but it's doubtful you'll ever see it. It's not surprising you're anti-intellectual. Educated people are frequently more informed than you and it gets under your skin, doesn't it? This is your way of getting back at them. Fuck you, and fuck your anti-intellectual friends. Go back to your friend Sarah Palin, retard.
Okay..., "retard"? Right...
Either I'm dealing with a teenager who's not too well thought out yet, or you must have forgotten to 'tag' your posts as 'satire'. Have a nice night....:^)
There is a difference between 'satire' and 'outright lies'. Ridiculing people because they're not the same as you is despicable. Oh, but it's so important to have fun at the expense of others, because if everyone got it, then there would be no fun.
And how was I ridiculing anyone? If I‘d said to that woman, "You‘re a complete idiot! Don't you realize that it's all made up? Jeez!", that would have been acting superior and would have been wrong to do. There are gullible people in this world, that's a fact. Pointing that out doesn't mean I think I'm better than them. I didn't try to convince her the subway story was true and secretly enjoy mocking her. In fact I was trying to find a way to let her know it was highly unlikely, some people will continue to believe whatever they choose to believe no matter what you tell them, you can't always convince them otherwise. She'll figure out the truth one day. Or not.
I've known people who think that their 8 years of college, or their inherited money, or their skin color make them better than other people, when in truth a sheetrock wall has more common sense than that person does. According to your logic, I'm in the wrong when I relate a story about them? Give it a rest, okay?
There are two types of people in this life, those who 'get' satire, and those who don't.
On the east end of Long Island, NY, there's a free magazine called "Dan's Papers". A running article series has been written over two years on the subway system that connects several east end towns, from Southampton to Montauk. It's very well written, with continuous updates. say, about how the suggestion box at the Southampton station has been moved to an area where people will not bump against it anymore. And it is completely a goof. Still, I've met a few people who truly believe that an east end subway exists because, "It's in Dan's Papers! I've read all about it!" These people have asked me, with complete sincerity, if I know where the subway entrance is in their town. When I tried to tell one woman how I truly doubted that a subway exists (I didn't want to make her feel dumb), she left still sure of this subways existence. These are the same type of people who a few years back fell for the deer/lion hunt planned on the east end in order to help 'thin out the herd', another one of 'Dan's Papers' classic jokes.
At the time that "America's Army" came out, most FPS's were only being sold for a high price, but 'AA' was a very playable, free to download (though large, for the time (100+MB) and solid 'game'. After a short time, America needed a volunteer army. After the fact, it makes a lot of sense why that game got distributed, from a military point of view.
Does anyone else remember when "America's Army" came out, just before the Iraq 'war'? It was a free first person shooter, and a very advanced game (for the time). Coincidence? I think not...
And Reagan died after a horrible last ten years or so of his self-imposed hell. He misused the power game he felt so desperately he needed to play , and so badly, in the hope of being remembered as a great man. And in reality he will be remembered as a second rate actor, and for his career in films.
I know a hard working, idealistic young doctor from Long Island NY who went to Africa two weeks ago to try and help. He came back very disillusioned, stymied at every attempt to treat patients there by government officials. He told me his parents were very afraid he would become sick and didn't want him to go, but this man feels he has a higher calling to treat the sick, higher than making money. A good man who I'm proud to know.
It's also a restriction on freemium pay to play type games that are labeled "free" in Google' Playstore. Until a couple of weeks ago, I could download any app that was in the "free" category.
Such as? I have never had that happen. Can you provide a link to an app that does this?
Try to download. the free Uber taxi app without a payment method connected to your GooglePlay account. You'll get a popup screen asking you to review your account. I have seen the same thing with games that are listed as "free" that won't download unless you have a payment method connected to your gmail account.
I've noticed lately a lot of "free" to download apps won't let you download them unless some form of credit/debit card is attached to the Playstore account. This only started happening recently.
I had the cheaper $99 Nuvi at first, and yeah, the UPS connector broke at the circuit board from it gettin pulled on by the wire. I treat this one more carefully and try to never stress the wires, especially since the charger cord has an HD FM Traffic receiver built into it. Oh, and it has a regular glass screen, no gorilla glass, that did crack from a 2 foot fall to the concrete. Still works fine over a year later, it's if I look at it from the side the crack makes it look like there's another road.
I drive a cab in the metro NY City area, a dedicated GPS is the right tool for my job. GARMIN MV3590 LMT (Lifetime Maps/Traffic) is my reccomendation. I have no time to screw around with online maps and their inherent issues, I need to get where my fares need to be. AA quality, updated GPS does this.
Crack open your wallet and spend $300 on this Garmin and you'll have noticed you have less problems, and the voice recognition software gets it right over 90% of the time.
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I can't remember the last time I saw a payphone in the wild.
Thanks for that link. Now I know my rights (all 3 of them).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"HARD-CORE!"
I don't get any enjoyment out of seeing "the ones who don't" spreading misinformation because of it.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-i...
Since the overall purpose of satire is generally to point out the faults in people, satirists often rely on exaggeration to make a point. For example, a politician who favors heavy taxation might be depicted as a pig stealing people’s food from their plates. This sort of exaggeration shows the fault in question and puts a critical spin on it. People often remember and enjoy the satire because it’s funny and entertaining, but if it’s handled correctly, the message should ideally stick with them much longer than the initial entertainment element.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-i...
Funny how it's OK if you ridicule them online, but you're too chicken to do it to their face.
when in truth a sheetrock wall has more common sense than that person does.
I think you and the wall have something in common, but it's doubtful you'll ever see it. It's not surprising you're anti-intellectual. Educated people are frequently more informed than you and it gets under your skin, doesn't it? This is your way of getting back at them. Fuck you, and fuck your anti-intellectual friends. Go back to your friend Sarah Palin, retard.
Okay..., "retard"? Right...
Either I'm dealing with a teenager who's not too well thought out yet, or you must have forgotten to 'tag' your posts as 'satire'. Have a nice night.... :^)
There is a difference between 'satire' and 'outright lies'. Ridiculing people because they're not the same as you is despicable. Oh, but it's so important to have fun at the expense of others, because if everyone got it, then there would be no fun.
And how was I ridiculing anyone? If I‘d said to that woman, "You‘re a complete idiot! Don't you realize that it's all made up? Jeez!", that would have been acting superior and would have been wrong to do. There are gullible people in this world, that's a fact. Pointing that out doesn't mean I think I'm better than them. I didn't try to convince her the subway story was true and secretly enjoy mocking her. In fact I was trying to find a way to let her know it was highly unlikely, some people will continue to believe whatever they choose to believe no matter what you tell them, you can't always convince them otherwise. She'll figure out the truth one day. Or not.
I've known people who think that their 8 years of college, or their inherited money, or their skin color make them better than other people, when in truth a sheetrock wall has more common sense than that person does. According to your logic, I'm in the wrong when I relate a story about them? Give it a rest, okay?
On the east end of Long Island, NY, there's a free magazine called "Dan's Papers". A running article series has been written over two years on the subway system that connects several east end towns, from Southampton to Montauk. It's very well written, with continuous updates. say, about how the suggestion box at the Southampton station has been moved to an area where people will not bump against it anymore. And it is completely a goof. Still, I've met a few people who truly believe that an east end subway exists because, "It's in Dan's Papers! I've read all about it!" These people have asked me, with complete sincerity, if I know where the subway entrance is in their town. When I tried to tell one woman how I truly doubted that a subway exists (I didn't want to make her feel dumb), she left still sure of this subways existence. These are the same type of people who a few years back fell for the deer/lion hunt planned on the east end in order to help 'thin out the herd', another one of 'Dan's Papers' classic jokes.
http://danspapers.com/category...
Labeling an article as satire would take all the fun out of it for those of us who 'get it'.
At the time that "America's Army" came out, most FPS's were only being sold for a high price, but 'AA' was a very playable, free to download (though large, for the time (100+MB) and solid 'game'. After a short time, America needed a volunteer army. After the fact, it makes a lot of sense why that game got distributed, from a military point of view.
Does anyone else remember when "America's Army" came out, just before the Iraq 'war'? It was a free first person shooter, and a very advanced game (for the time). Coincidence? I think not...
So, how many barley grains are there in a "Standard Library of Congress" (U.S. version, not the metric one)?
Thank you Eric Snowden, for doing the right thing at the time it needed to be done.
And Reagan died after a horrible last ten years or so of his self-imposed hell. He misused the power game he felt so desperately he needed to play , and so badly, in the hope of being remembered as a great man. And in reality he will be remembered as a second rate actor, and for his career in films.
So any online criticism of any company has to be a "happy" criticism? The "truth" is no longer welcome? What a screwed up world.
I know a hard working, idealistic young doctor from Long Island NY who went to Africa two weeks ago to try and help. He came back very disillusioned, stymied at every attempt to treat patients there by government officials. He told me his parents were very afraid he would become sick and didn't want him to go, but this man feels he has a higher calling to treat the sick, higher than making money. A good man who I'm proud to know.
It's also a restriction on freemium pay to play type games that are labeled "free" in Google' Playstore. Until a couple of weeks ago, I could download any app that was in the "free" category.
Such as? I have never had that happen. Can you provide a link to an app that does this?
Try to download. the free Uber taxi app without a payment method connected to your GooglePlay account. You'll get a popup screen asking you to review your account. I have seen the same thing with games that are listed as "free" that won't download unless you have a payment method connected to your gmail account.
I've noticed lately a lot of "free" to download apps won't let you download them unless some form of credit/debit card is attached to the Playstore account. This only started happening recently.
Meant to paste this link... www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0jAYRJJAiA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEVNS3hWBwY
Where is your goddamn morality? Just because you "can" do something does not give you the "right" to do it.
Ah, I might as well be replying to a wall. People like you just won'tever get why you shouldn't do some things.
I had the cheaper $99 Nuvi at first, and yeah, the UPS connector broke at the circuit board from it gettin pulled on by the wire. I treat this one more carefully and try to never stress the wires, especially since the charger cord has an HD FM Traffic receiver built into it. Oh, and it has a regular glass screen, no gorilla glass, that did crack from a 2 foot fall to the concrete. Still works fine over a year later, it's if I look at it from the side the crack makes it look like there's another road.
I drive a cab in the metro NY City area, a dedicated GPS is the right tool for my job.
How nice. I suppose you want to dictate what the rest of us used because your Garmin is handy for a NYC cabbie? Thanks for the input.
Just my advice, boyo. There's two good things about advice. It's free, and you don't have to take it.
Crack open your wallet and spend $300 on this Garmin and you'll have noticed you have less problems, and the voice recognition software gets it right over 90% of the time.
In eastern Long Island, N.Y., Uber charges 3X as much or mor than a local cab company.