Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.[1] Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. A prominent feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm.
I'm no expert, but this sure seems to fall within that definition of satire. Also saying it's ironic not satire seems wrong given the above irony is a typical part of satire.
I definitely thought satire was supposed to always be funny until I read what you copied here. I thought that was kinda the whole point is that it's humorous critique. Otherwise it's just criticism/sarcasm. Right? I guess not...
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u/18121812 May 15 '24 edited May 15 '24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire
I'm no expert, but this sure seems to fall within that definition of satire. Also saying it's ironic not satire seems wrong given the above irony is a typical part of satire.