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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoThe Onion got usurped by reality a while back.
minus-squareprofdc9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years ago“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” - Tom Lehrer
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoYou know what’s great about Tom Lehrer? A lot of his songs are really dated, and yet still very funny. Also, he released his entire catalog of songs- sheet music, lyrics and audio- to the public domain.
minus-squareNaja Kaouthia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoI just shared a link this morning to his song about Werner von Braun. Absolutely brilliant.
minus-squareiHUNTcriminals@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoYeah you can just use it as a good news site now.
minus-squareThe Barto@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoHard to satire reality when reality feels like satire.
The Onion got usurped by reality a while back.
“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” - Tom Lehrer
You know what’s great about Tom Lehrer? A lot of his songs are really dated, and yet still very funny.
Also, he released his entire catalog of songs- sheet music, lyrics and audio- to the public domain.
I just shared a link this morning to his song about Werner von Braun. Absolutely brilliant.
Yeah you can just use it as a good news site now.
Hard to satire reality when reality feels like satire.