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Post by bluedemon25 on Jul 3, 2021 3:48:56 GMT
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jul 3, 2021 3:53:06 GMT
Her name was Emy? Eme? I wasn't sure if that was a he or a she, what with the writing of anything not being a ladylike thing to do a couple three hundred years ago. More power to the ones who did and used pseudonyms! Benjamin Franklin wrote under pseudonym often. One hilarious satire of the all too smug and serious "scientific" literature at the time was a satire written seriously abour changing ones diet to make agreeable smelling farts. The book of such works is called Fart Proudly
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Post by Mare on Jul 3, 2021 23:35:06 GMT
Benjamin Franklin wrote under pseudonym often. One hilarious satire of the all too smug and serious "scientific" literature at the time was a satire written seriously abour changing ones diet to make agreeable smelling farts. The book of such works is called Fart Proudly Satire is the highest form of humor...most satire is political in nature, that is what I learned in my Satire class back in the day. Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal and A Tale Of A Tub were brilliant when you had the footnoted versions. Yeah, I can see Benjamin poking large fun at un-named personages of little couth in his missives and published pieces. Arrrgh! He's a pirate, too!
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jul 4, 2021 0:48:28 GMT
I recall giggles and amusement in junior high and earky high school when some brave teachers not explicitly but clued us in enough to "get it" what some of the very salacious Shakespeare comments meant as jokes for the common person things like mentioning "country matters" which until then flew over my head.
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Post by miles on Jul 4, 2021 1:33:39 GMT
You have to careful with multiple chefs working on elaborate desserts. I wasn't there, but the story goes, one of my friends got into a huge fight with their host over the proper preparation of Baked Alaska. They haven't spoken since. No Joke.
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Post by miles on Jul 4, 2021 1:38:07 GMT
Benjamin Franklin wrote under pseudonym often. One hilarious satire of the all too smug and serious "scientific" literature at the time was a satire written seriously abour changing ones diet to make agreeable smelling farts. The book of such works is called Fart Proudly Satire is the highest form of humor...most satire is political in nature, that is what I learned in my Satire class back in the day. Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal and A Tale Of A Tub were brilliant when you had the footnoted versions. Yeah, I can see Benjamin poking large fun at un-named personages of little couth in his missives and published pieces. Arrrgh! He's a pirate, too! Yes, my friend and mentor Larry Todd, always went to great lengths to distinguish between parody and satire. You need an educated audience to appreciate satire vs the slapstick and clownish exaggeration of parody.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jul 4, 2021 1:38:56 GMT
Oh my goodness I always wanted to try making or hell even just eating Baked Alaska. It's near top of my to do list.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jul 4, 2021 1:40:54 GMT
I have found what satire I've read, I really enjoyed. I do feel some of Terry Pratchett's Discworld had satire often and that was an element I loved in it.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Nov 19, 2021 23:59:14 GMT
I appreciate bluedemon's good taste, as he often upvotes my posts.
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Post by miles on Nov 20, 2021 19:26:54 GMT
I appreciate bluedemon's good taste, as he often upvotes my posts. Yes, a good sport and supportive of our group.
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Post by miles on Nov 20, 2021 21:51:13 GMT
And BEST OF ALL, he gets my jokes.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Nov 20, 2021 22:00:00 GMT
I've been known to have expertise in dad-jokes
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Post by bluedemon25 on Nov 23, 2021 5:23:18 GMT
Bit confused, but i like my eggs over easy or poached on eggs Benedict if that helps?
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Post by bluedemon25 on Nov 23, 2021 5:25:29 GMT
He's a good man Albert Brown. He may be a woman or gender fluid. Either which way, a jolly good egg. He might not be an egg, I don't mean to be eggist. Can you see the fucking mess the woke brigade have got us in. They may not be a brigade.. .. .. and on it goes. Exhausting! Not sure who we're talking about, me, Merra, someone else? In either case both have quite the pair of huevos.
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Post by miles on Nov 23, 2021 20:32:57 GMT
One of my friend's husbands teaches Gender Studies at a small college. She made a clear distinction between sex and gender. Sex is what we are born with, although that may be different than the sex we identify with. Gender is all the other stuff, how we dress, our behavior, how we portray ourselves, interact with others etc.
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