One massive, glorious upside of the supposed “end of factchecking” is that Americans are finally learning how to Satire without a safety net

Too long the only US exponent of satire has been The Onion, and that seems only to survive on the basis of brand; but now people are saying things which are pointedly, gloriously and incredibly (nb: in-credible, viz: not credible on their face) false.

Please, continue! Let’s hope that the populace now swim in enough of a pool of falsehood that they learn to adapt and to become critical of what they are told.

Of course Snopes can’t help themselves. Factchecking persists. Nonetheless, lunchtime approaches. Maybe for a Hawaiian dogmeat burger?

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