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p1necone
on Dec 14, 2018
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Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma wh...
Anecdotally I find the slow realization that something is satire to be an integral part of it's entertainment value.
c3534l
on Dec 14, 2018
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That was, after all, how something like A Modest Proposal was structured. You were supposed to believe the author was serious at first. That's an important element to a lot of satire.
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