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There have been questions raised recently over whether we should be tagging Betoota/Chaser/Shovel/Belltower/etc articles as [Satire] so people aren’t confused. I’m torn. I don’t want people from outside Australia seeing these articles and being misinformed (For anyone not Australian and unfamiliar with The Chaser: Julia Gillard does not endorse Donald Trump - we promise). This article is written for Australians as a bit of fun. I do however love seeing people who know nothing about the headlines/creators leap into the discussion with strong opinions.

Australians are not a serious people. We genuinely enjoy laughing at the world and at politics in particular. Genuine discourse often comes from satirical posts. Take a look at the top ten posts in this community:

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Nearly half the posts are satirical.

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trk@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

There have been questions raised recently over whether we should be tagging Betoota/Chaser/Shovel/Belltower/etc

No. Finding the satire in a headline in a wall of article titles on your feed is part of the fun of it all.

Don’t make the internet boring just because Yanks can’t figure it out.

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Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

(For anyone not Australian and unfamiliar with The Chaser: Julia Gillard does not endorse Donald Trump - we promise)

For anyone outside Australia the first question would be Who the F is Julia Gillard, anyway?.

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MHLoppy2@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Nearly half the posts are satirical

Yeah but that’s just because right now most of what I’m submitting here is satire 😅

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Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Australians are not a serious people.

I disagree. We take humour very seriously. :)

I say leave the satire tag off. I was looking askance at it until I read that second sentence which made it pretty obvious even without the Chaser link. If any non-Aussies don’t know the history between Gillard and Rudd, they’re free to look it up. And people eating the onion is always funny.

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ruuster13@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Okay but… If you describe yourselves as unserious, you have the main trait of American conservatives in common. We used to laugh in America too. Do you have space for the next round of criminal exports neé Democrats?

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- Nath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Bold of you to assume we model our politics on yours. Politically, we resemble the UK more than the USA. We love you guys, but we don’t want to be like you, politically.
  
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