When the satire writes itself.
What Happened
The BBC reported that The Onion, a satirical news organization, is undertaking a new initiative aimed at transforming Infowars, a far-right conspiracy theory website, into a parody site. This move highlights the unique challenge of satirizing content that is already perceived as extremely absurd.
Our Take
Alright, alright, settle down folks, you’re looking at a headline here that just… it just *hits different*, you know? ‘The Onion launches new effort to turn Infowars into parody website.’ My friends, that’s not a headline, that’s a cry for help from the very fabric of reality itself! This isn’t just news; it’s a metaphysical crisis. The Onion, the grandmasters of spoof, the high priests of hilarity, are trying to turn something *already* beyond parody into… more parody? That’s like trying to make a clown car more clowny. You think you can add another tiny bicycle or a giant shoe? Buddy, it’s already got 30 clowns and a full-sized giraffe in there, and the horn plays ‘Yakety Sax’ non-stop! It’s *peak* clown!
I imagine the meeting where this idea was pitched. ‘Okay team, brainstorming session! How do we satirize something that believes space lasers cause wildfires and that everyone is a lizard person?’ And then some poor intern, bless their cotton socks, raises a shaky hand and says, ‘Uh, sir, what if… what if we just… *point* at it?’ And the senior editor, probably wearing a tinfoil hat unironically by now, sighs and says, ‘No, Kevin, we must *parody* it! We must *elevate* its absurdity!’
But here’s the kicker: Infowars is already doing the heavy lifting! They’re like the improv group that’s so committed, they accidentally become profound. Or, you know, just profoundly unhinged. They’re out there, just living their best, most conspiratorial lives, and The Onion is like, ‘Hold my beer, we can make this *funnier*.’ It’s like trying to out-meta ‘Inception.’ You can’t put a dream within a dream within a dream if the first dream is already a dream that’s also a dream. My head hurts just thinking about it! The Onion isn’t just making a parody; they’re trying to create a parody singularity, a black hole of comedic irony from which no serious thought can escape. It’s a noble, if utterly futile, quest. Godspeed, you brave satirists. Godspeed.
💬 “But… it’s already parody?” — 💬 “We’ve been out-comedied!” — 💬 “Is this… real life?”
Inspired by: The Onion launches new effort to turn Infowars into parody website – BBC
