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A comment on Twitter to ban unlabelled parody accounts. Parent comment

Re:Twitter to ban unlabelled parody accounts by kryogen1c on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:58AM (#33506585)
> I. Parody Functions By Tricking People Into Thinking That It Is Real

This is the opposite of what's true. Parody only functions because it's obviously NOT real, but real adjacent, a facsimile. How could it be a joke if you just think it's real and assimilate it into your world view?

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Re:Twitter to ban unlabelled parody accounts by Ivoirians on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:25AM (#33506982)
It tricks people into (temporarily) thinking that it is real. For a brief moment, your brain has to work out that it's too absurd to be real.
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