I've noticed that many shitposts take the focus of the trolling from external to internal. That's what makes them so good. Self-deprecation is always better than attacks on another person.
Re:The Cultural Meaning of Shitposting
by ASalazarMX on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:44PM
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And I find absurdist shitposts that don't offend people or deprecate the bearer much healthier. No one gets mad, and no one trades their self esteem for laughs.
Re:The Cultural Meaning of Shitposting
by throwaway284534 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @07:36PM
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The best thing about grandfather clocks is that they will always tell you the time. You may not like it, but it is a fact you must accept. Nobody appreciates father time, but he knows best.
Note that words like provocative and upset may lead you to automatically assume every shitpost is highly offensive in political or cultural sense, but that’s not the case. A lot of more recent “shitposts” achieve the same effect by just upping the absurdism.