Current Events > why do republicans hate The Onion but love Babylon Bee?

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honestly it's baffling to me. it's like somehow their sense of humour has a political slant now too? how is that even possible?

They have no sense of humor aside from "hah take that libs"

Because the Onion exposes the

The Onion is the only real newspaper.

I enjoy both

Magyar15 posted...

I enjoy both

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Oh another one

i personally don't find either of them funny, but i acknowledge that they are both humourous publications. and they are basically the same in their style, composition and delivery of humour.

it's baffling how one can enjoy one and hate the other. like, they are the same.

Naysaspace posted...

it's baffling how one can enjoy one and hate the other. like, they are the same.

They aren't, but you're you so

Nerevar791 posted...

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Oh another one

Another what?

Babylon Bee isn't funny, and conservatives like things that aren't funny. Makes enough sense to me.

looking at the front page of both, it's clear that the BB is a hell of a lot more political than TO. Maybe republicans are incapable of engaging with media that isn't political?

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Babylon Bee isn't funny, and conservatives like things that aren't funny. Makes enough sense to me.

see this, this right here, this is exactly what i'm talking about. the irony is palpable.

you are what you eat, friendo!

Eh, I think Babylon Bee has some nice edginess to it; it's certainly a lot more countercultural than the Onion these days, although the latter has it's gems too.

https://babylonbee.com/news/woman-starting-to-think-company-offering-to-kill-her-kid-doesnt-have-her-best-interests-at-heart

The Onion with their high-quality produced videos used to be really good, dunno what happened recently, their shorts aren't nearly as high-quality.

Magyar15 posted...

Eh, I think Babylon Bee has some nice edginess to it; it's certainly a lot more countercultural than the Onion these days, although the latter has its gems too.

https://babylonbee.com/news/woman-starting-to-think-company-offering-to-kill-her-kid-doesnt-have-her-best-interests-at-heart

See this is an example of how Babylon Bee tripping over itself in order to be conservative and in the process kills most of the humor.

The concept of "We should satirize how businesses offer benefits that are sometimes nakedly for their own benefit more than it is for just employee morale" is one that has room to do something funny with. They even hint at what it could look like (cash bonuses to abandon children) but it just pretty quickly becomes "heh heh Roe v Wade was overturned libs".

Anteaterking posted...

The concept of "We should satirize how businesses offer benefits that are sometimes nakedly for their own benefit more than it is for just employee morale" is one that has room to do something funny with. They even hint at what it could look like (cash bonuses to abandon children) but it just pretty quickly becomes "heh heh Roe

Eh, I don't usually bother with the articles. The headlines by themselves are usually the best part

ngl they're both kinda funny from time to time >_>

Does BB have any masterpieces like the mass shooting headline, or the 9/11 Subway special?

_____Cait posted...

Does BB have any masterpieces like the mass shooting headline, or the 9/11 Subway special?

There was that time when Ted Cruz said that the BB wasn't satire. The fact that he lacked the self-awareness to even understand what he said was really funny.

But no, the Bee doesn't have anything that is even slightly even tepid in terms of being witty. That's sort of the point: it's for people who have to use the curly laces on their shoes. It's the kind of site that would put Joshua Wesely on a pedestal as a pariah for his bravery.

_____Cait posted...

Does BB have any masterpieces like the mass shooting headline, or the 9/11 Subway special?

Here's a couple of fun ones, again, mostly for the headline, although they were funnier when they were best at the time of printing. Not sure if you'd consider them masterpieces, but that may be a you problem :)

https://babylonbee.com/news/warren-returns-to-tribe-in-shame-after-failing-to-retake-land-from-the-white-man

https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-tries-to-win-suburban-women-by-starring-in-series-of-romance-novels

https://babylonbee.com/news/paw-patrol-replaces-chase-the-cop-with-karl-the-antifa-rioter