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“Me no get it,” explained Reform Voter Derek Williams, with a deeply furrowed brow and finger in his ear.

“Nigel won. Nigel get house. Nigel the big boss now?” they queried, with all the political sophistication the Reform party has come to rely on during the election campaign.

“Where Nigel? WHERE Nigel??”

When it was explained to Derek that Nigel won a single constituency, out of 650, and that Reform MPs can actually be counted on one hand, Derek looked ever more perplexed.

“Consti-chewsy? Nigel win election. Not Consti-chewsy! Nigel WIN! NIGEL STOP BOATS!”

At this point Derek began to get agitated, and it was decided it was best to calm him by returning him to his natural habitat inside a Wetherspoons with a copy of the Daily Mail in front of him.

 

A man who is a staunch believer in free speech after spending the last four years bemoaning cancel culture, is now up to three boycotts a week because of people saying things he didn’t like.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Wow. What a remarkably silly thing to say.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Fair. To be honest I just wanted to share my thoughts about The Green Mile. I love that movie lol.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago (6 children)

lol well don’t beat yourself up about it, that’s understandable, and to be fair, it’s a great movie but I wouldn’t expect politicians in Texas to understand the message.

The men on the Green Mile were forced to carry out the execution of John Coffey (like the drink but not spelled the same) despite knowing he was probably innocent and might’ve genuinely been what religious people would call a vessel of God.

It’s a tragic story but one of Stephen King’s best because it does a great job of highlighting the hypocrisy of modern Christians. If Jesus came back tomorrow, they’d find a reason to persecute and execute him again.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago

Satire isn't always pure fiction. Sometimes it's just reiterating a stupid point to highlight how ridiculous it is. Satire doesn't mean "fake" and the success of the joke is not dependant on whether or not people are making those same arguments themselves. In fact, a lot of the best satire assumes the headline you're putting forward is mocking genuine but daft arguments.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just because you managed to type out an opinion on the internet doesn't mean you are entitled to other people's time and effort.

Not every random hot take in the comment section of The Onion community is going to be worth engaging. Particularly when the point is "cities are all shitholes so you should just leave!"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Downvotes clearly from upset people

I love it when people edit their comments because their hot takes get downvoted but insist it's everyone else who is upset. Ha.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They don't seem upset to me just dismissive. If I had to guess I'd say they probably don't want to keep explaining to you what a facetious remark is. Which is probably a good idea, because you seem to be very dumb.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

You don’t have to punctuate your comments with “just my opinion.” I can assure you, everyone knows it’s an opinion.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They post just enough random topics to claim they aren't a troll. Their goal is to spread just enough propaganda to discourage leftist and sway centrists on Lemmy (lol centrists on lemmy).

They’re a textbook example of a concern troll. But unlike Reddit, Lemmy is too small for their M.O. to go unnoticed. It’ll be nice when they eventually tire of their tactics being called out and go back to Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

2mil karma

Holy shit, have you done anything in the last decade besides post on reddit?

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