Lemmy does satire all the time, you’re just not reading it.
The problem that you are trying to identify is that satire needs to actually be satirizing something, ie, the context must be clear, and many people just assume the context in their head is the same as the context in everyone else’s heads.
You can see this illustrated by all the sarcasm that your comment has generated.
Satire in text form isn’t as simple to pull off as in visual media. Body language and tone matter a lot. As well Poe’s Law is in full effect anymore and someone having this view is actually not rare.
Lemmy does satire all the time, you’re just not reading it.
The problem that you are trying to identify is that satire needs to actually be satirizing something, ie, the context must be clear, and many people just assume the context in their head is the same as the context in everyone else’s heads.
You can see this illustrated by all the sarcasm that your comment has generated.
Now that the context is clear.
Satire in text form isn’t as simple to pull off as in visual media. Body language and tone matter a lot. As well Poe’s Law is in full effect anymore and someone having this view is actually not rare.