History Quotes / PoesLaw

-->--'''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob's''' open words to the review of the aforementioned film

->When, many years ago, I was given this book, I thought it was a {{satire}}. I learned later that it was the first work of a distinguished sociologist. Otherwise, when we look closely enough into a society, we know is not {{Utopia}} and its [[CrapsackWorld fair description]] runs the risk of border on satire.

->In hindsight, its very existence seems like a convicted psychopath’s final brain-shit as he fries in the electric chair, with Music/VanillaIce, OJ Simpson, and [[Series/PerfectStrangers Bronson Pinchot]] tightrope walking and balancing on one of those massive balls, while Creator/WhoopiGoldberg or Wrestling/HulkHogan act as ringmaster.
-->--'''Stuart Millard''' on ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_of_the_Stars Circus of the Stars]]'', ''So Excited, So Scared''

->Imagine if, in 1729, there had been a number of letters to the editor by various authors proposing that Irish children be exterminated and eaten. Imagine that laws of that nature were being seriously debated in Parliament, and that one of the parties had made it a part of their platform. While the laws were being regularly defeated, opponents still had to stand up and seriously debate why it was unethical to eat babies. Imagine that a candidate for prime minister actually solemnly suggested that we ought to at least consider the merits of eating Irish children.\\\
In that context, Swift's essay would have fallen flat as a cowflop dropped from the Tower of London. His efforts to use straight-faced absurdity and hyperbole and satire to expose the lesser injustices of the time would not have succeeded at all. The invisible quotation marks would be undetectable, because there would have been a substantial background of equivalent proposals given in absolute seriousness.

->Most of the themes in my comic strip "ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}" involve workplace situations. I routinely include [[WorldOfWeirdness bizarre and unworldly elements]] such as talking animals, troll-like accountants, and employees turning into dishrags after the life-force has been drained from their bodies. And yet the comment I hear most often is: 'That's just like my company.'

->UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's full name is 'Creator/TomClancy's Vladimir Putin.'

->... just in case there's anyone from the ''[[MediaWatchdog Mail On Sunday]]'' watching this, I was using an exaggerated form of the rhetoric and implied values of ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' to satirize the rhetoric and the implied values of ''Top Gear''. [[DontExplainTheJoke And it is a shame to break character to explain that]], but hopefully it will save you a long, tedious exchange of emails.

->That was what the "Sanctuary Districts" were, places where the homeless could [go] so [[KillThePoor no one had to see them]], and literally there it was in the newspaper. We were a little freaked out.
-->--'''Robert Hewitt Wolfe''' on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E11PastTensePartI Past Tense]]"

->Somebody's got to say it. The man is [[Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow Ted Baxter.]]

->You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

->A characteristic feature of our time is that you cannot satirize it, because anything you come up with already exists, or is about five minutes from existing.

->To everybody that's congratulating me right now on my new Music/KidRock parody video, let me clarify - that's not me. That's actually Kid Rock.
-->--'''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''' on [[https://twitter.com/alyankovic/status/1462892820302229504 Twitter]]

->''And if you can't detect the sarcasm, you've misunderstood.''

->Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}, with absolutely zero irony, used something that looked exactly like the ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' logo... You wonder if Fox News is just full of Creator/StephenColbert contemporaries who have just gone so many levels deep, [[BecomingTheMask they don't even know where they are anymore?]]
-->--'''Yahtzee''', ''LetsPlay/LetsDrownOut [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QMYnK_va44#t=2300s Smash T.V.]]''

->''Soooooo, in the last video, I made a, haha, JOKE about being a furry. I said, given the choice between an animal with fur, and one without fur, that most people would think the animal covered in fur would be cuter and, hahaha, if we applied that logic to people, then EVERYONE would be a furry. I got a mixed bag of responses to that joke. [...] A lot of people were confused, so for the remainder of this video, every time I make a joke, it will be followed by this message: *(shows an airhorn and the word "JOKE" in red)*''

->Fun game: try to post a Website/YouTube comment so stupid that people realize you must be joking. (Hint: This is impossible.)

->We were going to make fun of ''VideoGame/Doom3'' in today's comic, but they've actually beaten us to it. Every screenshot they release is like a joke we would make.

->It's come to our attention that Puma is now offering a, let me collect myself for a moment, "gaming ''shoe''", and among its many virtues they tout its grip. Its ''grip''. The nameless fear of any satirist is that the world will become too ridiculous for irony to penetrate.

->Next to George Carlin, the greatest comedian who has ever lived. Only difference is that he belongs in a straitjacket.

->Please tell me that Creator/DonaldTrump will announce on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' that his entire campaign has been a really elaborate marketing stunt to promote his episode.
-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/10/13/jabba-the-trump-will-host-saturday-night-live-next-month/ Michael K.]]'''

->In recognition of your superb contributions, you've been given the [[HiredToHuntYourself additional power]] to lock the entire database if needed to fend off a massive attack.
-->--'''Andy Schlafly''' to an undercover troll, ''Conservapedia''

->A couple of times I tried to be tongue-in-cheek. I used words, but those [[InsultBackfire always seemed to backfire]]. Like for a “Media Exposed” segment, I’d throw in words like “bias, lies, and corruption” which of course were supposed to be self-referential, but the company read it as if ''[[TheManIsStickingItToTheMan they]]'' were cracking open the “bias, lies, and corruption” of competing media outlets. They always got approved by the production head... Eventually I got fired for a totally unrelated reason. Apparently someone complained about picking my nose at a meeting. That’s really all the information I was given at my termination.
-->--'''[[http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/media/214739-illuminati-conspiracy-news-hidden Gabriella Garcia]]''', "[[BitingTheHandHumor I hid Illuminati graphics in news broadcasts]] [[ItAmusedMe because I was bored]]"

->When Website/{{Uncyclopedia}} doesn't have to make stuff up to make you look batshit crazy, perhaps it's saying something.
-->--'''''Rational Wiki''''' on Silvio Berlusconi

->I love the title ''SLAM DUNK'N HOES''. It sounds like something Creator/NewtGingrich would guess if you held a gun to his head and told him to name a rap album.

->If the video was intended to be a parody of teen pop convention, it would be on par with some of the best [[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]] Digital Shorts by [[Music/TheLonelyIsland Lonely Island]].

->And is [[Creator/StevenSeagal Seagal]], who appears to be one of those guys who wouldn’t get a clue if it was mailed to him by Western Union, even capable of understanding a fairly abstract idea like satire? I don’t think so, for that would indicate Seagal’s entire public life to have been [[GiftedlyBad the greatest piece of satiric Performance Art the world has ever known.]]
-->-- '''''Jabootu''''' [[http://www.jabootu.com/ondeadlyground.htm on]] ''Film/OnDeadlyGround''

->Lobo was designed as a brutal parody of Wolverine's violent stupidity and [[MisaimedFandom ended up becoming sincerely popular]]. And now you know why comic writers stick a cape on an element and go to the pub.

->This is one of those items that even we didn't think would require debunking, but so many readers have since inquired about it that we have to take a stab at explaining it...
-->--'''Website/{{Snopes}}''', on the "[[http://www.snopes.com/many-moons/ 37 Moons]]" rumor[[note]]''yes'', apparently people ''really did'' believe a rumor that the moon would "inexplicably duplicate 37 times"[[/note]]

->Breaking News: The Onion on the verge of collapse after not being able to make up shit that is more idiotic than current reality.
-->--'''[[http://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/456997317665619998/469870030927167502/tumblr_pbztplw4wx1s7d49ko1_540.png A meme]]''' about ''Website/TheOnion''

-->--[[https://prokopetz.tumblr.com/post/139767733802/prokopetz-kazorus-prokopetz-every-time this]] Website/{{Tumblr}} post on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

-->--'''Scott "El Santo" Ashlin''', [[http://1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsn-z/starshiptroopers.htm 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting]]

->apparently the answer to "how many things do you need to get wrong before it's obvious that you're pretending to not know things as a bit" is "more than that"
-->--'''WebVideo/JanMisali''', on [[https://janmisali.tumblr.com/post/688696472936628224/joke-explanation-i-made-this-chart-in-like-2020 a joke linguistic evolution chart]]

->''While you may ironically make a sexist comment or post, there already has been an instance where it was just trolling and not meant to be humorous, that will not be tolerated. It must be clear that your comment is made ironically for it to not be removed under this rule. If comments that were made ironically or as a joke begin to draw real comments that are rule breaking, the entire thread may be removed.''

->''Items that originated as humour or satire often breach our topic-selection threshold, even articles that are seemingly so ridiculous in concept and/or so thoroughly labelled as being humorous or satiric that nobody could possibly mistake them for something else.\\

These examples, as absurd as they may seem on the surface, are not outliers or aberrations - they are some of the most viral "Is it true?" subjects we've ever undertaken. They put the lie to common refrains about "obvious humour", "obvious jokes", or "obvious" anything else.\\
Quite evidently'' '''nothing''' ''can be put online - no matter how preposterous in concept or blatantly labelled it might be -- that some people won't believe to be true (or at least allow'' '''might''' ''be true.''

->''One of the world's most frequently asked questions and greatest mysteries: is Tara Gilesbie trolling?''

->''But what if you said, 'My teacher punched me today?', and then said, 'just kidding'? Do you think I would laugh? No, I'd be worried and would want to figure out if you were actually safe at school.''

->Now I have obviously never been a big fan of "[[Music/TaylorSwift T-Swizzle]]", as we used to call her as a joke (but now it seems like ''[[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy maybe it isn't]]'').
-->--'''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''' on [[Music/TaylorSwift "Shake It Off"]]

->What if this is Creator/GeorgeLucas [[TrollFic just fucking with everyone?]] 'Let's have 20 minutes of Wookie noises.' And they ''[[ProtectionFromEditors let]]'' him!

->Now, some of you are probably looking back on issue 4 and now today's comic and thinking to yourselves, maybe this is all still a parody comic, I mean, Bill Jemas can't be serious when it comes to ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext being the first human being and evolving from an otter, right]]?

->'''{{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}''': I actually didn't know "I Lost on Jeopardy" [[ParodyDisplacement was a parody,]] I thought it was just a song {{Music/Weird Al|Yankovic}} made.\\
'''LetsPlay/ProtonJon''': No, it is a parody of "My Love's in Jeopardy".\\
'''Chugga''': It's a pretty clever one, actually.

->"Either they got duped by a troll and published a satire of their publication ''in their own publication'', as if it was serious work, ''or'' they published such a monumentally stupid anonymous article that a notorious online troll can take credit for it and have it be believed."

->When I first saw the trailer for this movie a few months back, I genuinely thought it was a joke. I honestly thought it was a ''Funny or Die'' trailer, or that it was not gonna be real.

->''"God--what an amazing metaphor for the creative instinct! What an incredible allegory for when you're first starting out as an artist. Filled with self-doubt and insecurity, wondering whether or not your dreams are worth pursuing. How wonderful to be told--especially when you’re first starting out--that you’re not only allowed, but encouraged, to practice art for your own self satisfaction. To let the audience find you, instead of trying to chase one down. To create only that which brings you joy. It doesn't make the process any easier, but at least there's a clear path--and an incredibly fulfilling one at that!''

->''I always thought the ending of the book--where Roark dynamites a public housing development and then gets off scot-free by lecturing the jury about the inalienable rights of the individual--was pretty hokey, but I get it: it’s all an exercise in modern mythmaking. A ''metaphor''.''

->''I can't remember exactly when it happened, but at some point between my reading the book for the first time in high school, and my friend seeing a copy on my shelf 13 years later, I found out that Rand ''did not intend it'' as a metaphor. ''None of it''. She was writing ''real, live, idealized'' portraits of ''real-world human beings'' whom she either admired or despised. She ''literally believed'' that the only moral imperative is self-interest, that unregulated free-market capitalism is the only moral socioeconomic system, that welfare is evil, taxation is theft, and anyone who isn't rich & successful only remains that way because of their own laziness and lack of talent."''
-->--'''Cold Crash Pictures''': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Xg4W148Nk Why The Hell Do I Own A Copy Of]] ''Literature/TheFountainhead''?"

->'''LetsPlay/{{Diabetus}}''': You know, the more of these videos that we do, the more you've gotta question: are some of these videos quote-unquote "ironic"?''\\
'''Proteus''': They're done to troll you. This guy's got hundreds of videos just to fuck with you.

->The problem with irony and satire is the dumb motherfuckers don't get it.

->Try explaining [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] to a kid.

->It's a chillingly accurate documentary.

->Now I have obviously never been a big fan of "T-Swizzle", as we used to call her as a joke (but now it seems like ''[[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy maybe it isn't]]'').

->When Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}} doesn't have to make stuff up to make you look batshit crazy, perhaps it's saying something.