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muesli@fribbledom@mastodon.social (2026-09-23 06:11:12)
Satirists are having a rough time these days.

You spend three hours writing an absurdist joke, only to discover reality posted the same thing yesterday and got 2 million likes.

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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me (2026-09-23 06:16:33)
@fribbledom Reminds me of re-reading the enwiki page of Tom Lehrer with this gem: 
> Yet at different times he gave other explanations for quitting. In 1973, he had said that "political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."