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Catalina
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posted October 23, 2013 03:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I will be first to admit, I once posted a story by the Currant thinking it was on the level.

But recently I hsve been wondering just how much of the TeaParty campaign is actually misconstrued satire? Like that really poor piece in the National Report about Obama having a "meltdown" and being sedated thst was posted here awhile ago ...complete with lonely pic if him walking home late at night (all by himself, about the only giveaway IF you don't know the NR calls itself satire)...

How about some of those panic headlines about "Obamacare rfid chips"... I know quite a few people nervous about this storyline...as well as the Fema camp threat, what else?

Any thoughts? Is Jesse Ventura, fake wrestler, really a satirist literally laughing all the way to the bank the joke being in that people fall for this stuff? Is that why so much of the blogmedia seems too off to be believed?

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NoRainNoRainbows
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posted October 23, 2013 06:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for NoRainNoRainbows     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
lol i don't know if this is a US only thing....as where i'm living now, i have a real hard time telling which of he stories are 'real' and which are from the regional equivalent of the onion...

due to the amount of times that i have quoted stuff from the 'real' newspaper and to many people laughing and saying 'good one'...i don't think anyone else is sure anymore.

Seems the same is happening in the US...

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juniperb
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posted October 23, 2013 09:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I love satire!!
It has enough truth to make you look twice ..
but

Most in the know see the humor & truth stretching woven within the story lines and usually look into the sites` reputation they are using.
I did a satire as truth yrs ago and really got some flak for it.
Once burnt twice shy?

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Catalina
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posted October 23, 2013 11:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Sometimes satirists are subtle enough to draw you in. Sometimes, like the piece about Obsma's "meltdown" they aren't subtle, they come across as real stories...which are called satire when people complain of FALSEhood in "news".

The piece here about RFID CHIPPING OF SCHOOLCHILDREN that was linked to my attention yesterday, is even more.

I suggest people read what they may have skipped as "conspiracy" doodoo and see what you.think. I have no idea whether the poster read beyond the headline and lurid pics tho i suspect not.

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Catalina
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posted October 23, 2013 11:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If you have any trouble finding

"Multiple Wyoming Schooldistricts...." I will link it for you when I get to a computer http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum26/HTML/002132.html

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Catalina
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posted October 23, 2013 02:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
NoRain, that is really my point. It is hard to tell if the hard-to-believe scare stories are intentionally misleading, attempted satire, or just plain stupidity...

My premise is that a lot of them are a mixture of all three. We really have to be AWAKE to find the facts and if we don't shop around we are sure to be mislead.

Yet all too many otherwise rational people dig their heels in and insist that THEIR brand of news is the only one that is not a JOKE.

What, for instance is this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08RFTI9QR20
Over a million views, that means she is making money from this stuff...

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NoRainNoRainbows
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posted October 23, 2013 02:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NoRainNoRainbows     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
yeah the one's i came across were just stupidity....

"woman still a virgin after having sex" type of news...and this was the main news O_O so naturally i say this to make fun or how 'lala land' some people are, and people start laughing and asking for the name of this satire website again...then i tell him it's the local paper, and confused stares ensue

then when i quote something from the satire websites, the people don't know if they should smile or not so they have facial features that are 'in between' and start asking 'is this true or from that website u can't get enough of?'

lol....but what can a person do...journalisim was a respectful thing like 50 years ago, now it's silly as no journalists going to get that story out on their own...their are 'propogandists' being told what to write and how to write it, as brainwashing is a series goal of those in charge...how else would they get most of us to do their biddings after all?

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NoRainNoRainbows
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posted October 23, 2013 02:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NoRainNoRainbows     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
EWWW wht is wrong with that woman i couldn't get my headphones to listen to what she is saying as just clicked on the video, and WTH was that?!?!


yech....everything about her look and flashing her boobs like that is TASTELESS....going to search for decent youtube channels now to get that out of my 'memory' lol

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Node
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posted October 23, 2013 03:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Satire posted here in GU is fine, I think we all agree with that.

BUT, posting obviously satiristic nuws as real begs the question; what is in their hearts?

I don't know who is behind NR, but they cross the line...and aren't really funny either, so, what is the point? Proving the public ability to believe any dross? That is readily available on a daily basis.

I tend to think it is the flamers paradise, do they want/need the correction just to get a reply? Or, as died in the wool conspiracy theorist's they believe what they want to believe to support the agenda?

A mixture of both surely.

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Node
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posted October 23, 2013 03:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ami Anne:
Sometimes, I feel like GU is like walking through a Gaslighting fest. I am gonna go out and plant kale where everyone likes me and no one talks trash to me


said by the queen of gaslighters [currently] on GU.

When and IF you show an ability to be an authority, on anything, someone will surely let you know.
On LLand? I have yet to see an ability to be authoritative about anything. To include


  • astrology
  • asteroids
  • psychics
  • politics
  • gardening
  • tarot
  • religion

Not trash: see definition of FAKE*



Ami Anne:

quote:
Cata
Your fake Russian Jewish grandparents and your fake liberal Jewish father would not be proud of you


*fake:

fake 1 (fk)
adj.
Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.

n.
1. One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.

2. Sports A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.

v. faked, fak·ing, fakes

v.tr.
1. To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit.

2. To simulate; feign.

3. Music To improvise (a passage).

4. Sports To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.

v.intr.
1. To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.

2. Sports To perform a fake.

who most accurately personifies fake??

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Ami Anne
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posted October 23, 2013 04:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ami Anne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Node:

*fake:

fake 1 (fk)
adj.
Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.

n.
1. One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.

2. Sports A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.

v. faked, fak·ing, fakes

v.tr.
1. To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit.

2. To simulate; feign.

3. Music To improvise (a passage).

4. Sports To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.

v.intr.
1. To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.

2. Sports To perform a fake.

who most accurately personifies fake??[/QUOTE}


Oopsy Daisy

Better quote that for bad, bad talking about someone( said like Elmer Fudd)

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Node
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posted October 23, 2013 06:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not bad,


not fake either.

When and if you develop abilities that demonstrate discernment as to the difference, do please let us know.

Sorry Cat, the level of bile in my throat needed cleansing.\

why quote the dictionary?

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Ami Anne
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posted October 23, 2013 07:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ami Anne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Node:
Not bad,
not fake either.

When and if you develop abilities that demonstrate discernment as to the difference, do please let us know.

Sorry Cat, the level of bile in my throat needed cleansing.


Gotta quote that for the quote machine of B-A-D People. Gotta put that in the Big, Bad quote file

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Node
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posted October 23, 2013 07:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
you've been waiting HOURS for a reply haven't you?

sad

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Ami Anne
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posted October 23, 2013 07:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ami Anne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Node:
you've been waiting HOURS for a reply haven't you?

sad


I am so antsy today. I have not planted my kale. I am trying to practice my guitar but keep walking around.

Is there a bad moon out there, Node-y

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