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CaptainTruth

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9. I know what you're referring to. That Lounge post content was clearly a joke, parody, like The Onion.

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2023, 05:54 PM

Dec 2023

I was surprised it was locked because I thought humor/parody/sarcasm was appropriate in The Lounge. If not, then posts of links to things like The Onion & the Borowitz Report, or even videos of comedians, should be off-topic too.

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Is the same standard for appropriate posts being observed [View all] Marthe48 Dec 2023 OP

If you feel that a post is inappropriate for a forum, you can alert on it. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #1

Do you have a link to teens killing 6 people or are you talking about the Romeo & Juliet post? quaint Dec 2023 #2

The Romeo and Juliet post Marthe48 Dec 2023 #4

Pop culture? quaint Dec 2023 #5

Remakes using the theme of star-crossed lovers Marthe48 Dec 2023 #7

Sometimes people post in the wrong forum by mistake. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #3

Alerting on a post violating a group's statement of purpose does not cause the poster to be punished progree Dec 2023 #6

I saw both headings without scrolling Marthe48 Dec 2023 #8

I know what you're referring to. That Lounge post content was clearly a joke, parody, like The Onion. CaptainTruth Dec 2023 #9

I enjoyed the comments Marthe48 Dec 2023 #10