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this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2026
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It's so ridiculous. Part of the reason "the right" has been successful online is they're funny. This idea that everything needs a disclaimer and an earnest explanation is what kills humour.
20 years ago I worked for a student newspaper. Every year we did a parody issue where we emulated one of the big local papers (yes, this was when we still big papers plural). Someone complained we should put a disclaimer so people weren't misled. We answered that the picture of the prime minister boxing with an ostrich was the disclaimer.
the right is funny? where? since when?
They’re not that funny. I think the funny stuff was made by people who had dark humor but didn’t mean a thing, even parodying right wing jokes. Then the actual right saw that success, took over with real actually meant stuff and people went along with it for too long.