Proof:
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/19880834
posted 12/21/2024
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created 01/06/2025
Uh Oh:
The community's existence alone -without a clear satire label- has made a fair number of people uncomfortable. I hope 'uncomfortable' is the greatest extent of harm caused, though to be clear, greater distress not encompassed by this word is a valid response that I don't take lightly. I'm currently working on a way to make the community's intent clear without "ruining the magic".
Please feel free to DM me if you don't feel comfortable commenting publicly
Edit:
Good morning! What a sad thing to read upon first waking lol. Everyone is pretty much saying the same thing, so I'll clarify this bit
The purpose of Chad is to be a hated vector for general satire and high effort shitposting. The purpose of the community is to be a circlejerk-style platform for content that requires a level of moderator scrutiny I can't expect from the mods of regular shitposting communities.
A lot of the content that seems to 'fall flat' are basically inside jokes and obscure references. I've made a post that's only funny if you're a law student; one that's only funny to opera nerds and/or French speakers; some etymology/language gags; two best enjoyed by people with ADHD; one for people who read leftist theory. I include references to ITYSL, Monty Python, Napoleon Dynamite, and more. Much of it is parody of obscure Lemmy things that only the chronically online will catch.
This doesn't mean I think your opinions and feelings about it are in any way invalid. The thoughts shared here have given me a lot to think about, so thank you
Chad Version
Look, I get committing to a bit. I've been banned for it before
But this one? Just don't. It's too hard to get right, and the consequences of getting it wrong are too much.
Let it go. Maybe in a few years, it would work. But right now? Nah, just nah.
And, that's coming from someone that is 100% in the "you can joke about anything" camp. And you can. But you gotta read the room, and the joke has to work without needing to explain it's a joke. It's like Carlin said, it's about the exaggeration, how you twist reality and flip it.
Your gag isn't working. It falls flat. It's just one more thing to deal with when the world is too fucking close to that shit happening again. Satire wouldn't help even if it was executed perfectly on a much bigger platform.
You're gonna do what you're gonna do, but this just suck.
A lot of it certainly falls flat, but there's also a lot of high effort gags in the mix. I was trying to post every day to keep engagement up, but I've decided to stick to the high effort posts and just post less frequently.
Thanks for your feedback!