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[–] hollowmines@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago (27 children)

This is my least favorite recurring Hexbear take tbh. Not all things dubbed "satire" are the same and didacticism is not the only way.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (26 children)

Do you have examples of useful satire?

I am willing to debate this and reconsider my view but I never see anyone materially demonstrate its usefulness.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

did "hey let's eat irish babies" do anything over there or is swift's only legacy being used as a school lesson? they skipped the part where they should've told us if it made a difference.

[–] pisstoria@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The name "Vanessa" comes from a poem of his, but I don't think that's too relevant to his satire.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

i also forgot about a bunch of stuff from gulliver's travels, but byte-order conventions are probably not relevant either

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