WTF?

[karohemd]

Can anyone tell me why the computer is supposed to be a "gay invention" and what this woman's problem is?
What's even more strange, the URL on the sign points to an activist group for equality...
And, if the computer is supposed to be a "Devil Machine", why is the sign advertising an internet site?

Comments

[jholloway.livejournal.com]

I like the fact that you're the guys confused about whether this is a joke or not, and your explanation for this is that Americans are bad at satire.

Satire in the US

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

It's like finding Penguins in the Amazon - it's so unexpected we have to do a double-take to make sure what we're seeing is real.

(Not to mention that the picture is shown out of context and, knowing what the Southern US is like, it's perfectly possible to believe that this isn't satire on first glance.)

Re: Satire in the US

[jholloway.livejournal.com]

it's perfectly possible to believe that this isn't satire on first glance.)

Maybe for you -- the joke was perfectly obvious to me on first glance as, I suspect, to most people who saw it.

Re: Satire in the US

[jholloway.livejournal.com]

Replying to my own comment -- pathetic.

Mind you, I'm not saying that it's obviously a joke because people like, oh, Fred Phelps don't exist. It's perfectly possible that someone might decide to ban computers because Alan Turing was teh f4g0t. I'm just saying that the rainbow flag is a dead giveaway. It's like a wink.

Which, in fact, is suggestive of weak satire, but there you go.

Re: Satire in the US

[jholloway.livejournal.com]

Argh!

Well, OK, maybe not ban computers. That's going a bit far. But there are loonies everywhere. I used to walk to work past Frank Chu, who wanted to impeach Bill Clinton for crimes committed against the goverments of other galaxies. His placard was very professionally done.

I see this a lot, though: someone runs up against something like Game of Satan, or Creation Science Fair, totally misses that it's a joke, and then goes "well, it might have been real. You know what those people are like." I understand feeling defensive because you missed the gag, but come on.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

And now I'm sitting here and trying to figure out if this comment of yours was ironic. ;oP

[jholloway.livejournal.com]

Not ironic, but sarcastic. When I say "in the heezy," that's ironic. And when I have HamMurderer say it, it's like triple-ironic.