On The Babylon Bee podcast, Kyle, Ethan, and Wes read through a hilarious debate between Wikipedia's editors over whether The Babylon Bee is funny satire -- or dangerous right-wing disinformation.

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I don't think it's funny. Only people who like their 'right-wing disinformation' will think they're funny. The site is obviously pushing a narrative with right-wing disinformation, especially to a demographic that think's they're Christians, aka the American Taliban.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

You don't have to be right or religious to think most of their stuff is not just funny but hysterical.

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That's what makes them subversive.

(Almost like the FOX News helicopter logo on the Simpsons: "not racist; #1 with racists." Or: Babylon Bee - No theocratic agenda; #1 with those who have a theocratic agenda.)

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Funny examples, both.

Subversion by it's very nature can be funny.

Joke formula:

  1. This thing happened.
  2. This thing happened the same way, developing a pattern.
  3. This thing subverts the pattern and expectations by being unexpectedly different.

Occasionally subversion is tragic, like what happened to the Star Wars franchise.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

lol

dude...

I'll show myself out