Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 9:20am.
I agree that the satire could be hidden to those who are not familiar with the players in the neighborhood. And even if you are, the text is just close enough to "real" (citing real people saying things that frankly, aren't all that funny, and could be construed as real) that this ought be be more clearly lableled as satire. It's not responsible to just say "oh, if you weren't satire-impaired you'd get it."
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I agree that the satire could
I agree that the satire could be hidden to those who are not familiar with the players in the neighborhood. And even if you are, the text is just close enough to "real" (citing real people saying things that frankly, aren't all that funny, and could be construed as real) that this ought be be more clearly lableled as satire. It's not responsible to just say "oh, if you weren't satire-impaired you'd get it."