PugJesus@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoThe girlfriend-zonelemmy.worldimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1382arrow-down1imageThe girlfriend-zonelemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square113fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·11 hours agoWho says satire/shitpostery can’t cut close to the bone? The best ones are the ones that make us evaluate ourselves under a critical lens.
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 hours agoI don’t dispute the point for satire, but shitposts never struck me as being concerned with reality… Maybe I just misunderstand the genre.
minus-squareTranstronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoYeah, I’m with you. My understanding of the term “shitpost” is that it’s, by definition, low-effort and/or low-quality.
Who says satire/shitpostery can’t cut close to the bone? The best ones are the ones that make us evaluate ourselves under a critical lens.
I don’t dispute the point for satire, but shitposts never struck me as being concerned with reality… Maybe I just misunderstand the genre.
Yeah, I’m with you. My understanding of the term “shitpost” is that it’s, by definition, low-effort and/or low-quality.