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rehabonthego t1_j5bj3qt wrote

Reply to comment by jayjonas1996 in Moody morning in the Swiss Alps [OC] [1334x2000] IG: arpandas_photography_adventure by dasarpan007

These things always start out as a joke. Then after a while people take it serious. Like the flat earth society and in some ways /r/birdsarentreal

-edit Forgot to include QAnon.

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ahmadove t1_j5bpdb8 wrote

Don't know about flat earth, but I browse /r/birdsarentreal every now and then, they take the joke very very far sometimes, but I sincerely doubt anyone there doesn't know it's satire.

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CasaMofo t1_j5db8ct wrote

All birds aren't real? No, not a chance. Some birds aren't real? Absolutely possible/ probable. The tech exists now. Why not?

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Lordborgman t1_j5cfjsa wrote

There is a reason I hate satire. The Colbert Report had a ton of people that lived near me that thought that was a very serious show.

I honestly feel satire causes more harm than good.

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Suspicious-Factor466 t1_j5dwhmu wrote

Nah none of those satir shows had net negative effects. Fox on the other had, they suck.

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Nox_Dei t1_j5c5ha5 wrote

The birds work for the bourgeoisie.

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Uniqueusername5209 t1_j5clhw9 wrote

So… are they saying that Switzerland is so beautiful and surreal it seems fake? Like, how can something so otherworldly exist? The sidebar doesn’t clear anything up and I’m so confused!!

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boldgoer t1_j5co05a wrote

I always took it exactly as that, but people in on the joke don't like it spoiled the few times I've explained it in the group to people who didn't get it (including some Swiss).

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