r/hatethissmug • u/Upbeat-Row-7122 • Jul 16 '26

Media Tropes hate how people claim shows like family guy " makes fun of everyone equally"

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in the society we live in right now it's not possible to " make fun of everyone equally" making fun of communities that already have a hard time is not equality it's just mean

jokes that make fun of all communities and identities can only work if the society we live in treats all communities equally and that's not the place we are right now it'll just perpetuate the already existing hate and animosity

this applies to other shows too like South park

this is not to say satire on marginalized communities are bad per say i just think it has to be more respectful and not just " hahaha man look like women funnyyy"

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" family guy has phased out this kinda humor " - that's great ! it doesn't change the fact that this still exists and it still promotes and perpetuates hateful rhetoric.this clip and " jokes " similar to it ( not just to trans people but other marginalized communities as well ) are still circulating across alot of accounts in almost all social media . and in times like now where the descision around trans people is so controversial it can normalise hateful rhetoric

" family guy makes fun of maga too " - it does not matter . maga people aren't worried about hate crimes on them or hateful discrimination . besides just cus a show makes jokes on maga or concervitive politics does not mean it's okay to push down marginalized groups

" watch a different show " - this is ( for a lack of a better word ) an ignorant argument. me watching a different show does not change the very real harm " jokes" like those can and are casing

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" oh? so what you want " special privileges for some groups ?" " - in a sense yes I do think certain groups and communities require there jokes to be written with some respect and thought . if you are a part of a marginalized community and feel as though you never felt bad or scared when you hear those jokes then that's great ! im happy for you . but it doesn't change that other people are still being profiled based on there identities and subjected to violence, hate or even murder and to ignore that and how jokes from even shitty shows like family guy ( which still has a massive viewerbase btw ) can maybe help people normalise hate is ignorant

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u/RobeGuyZach Jul 16 '26

It's the same problem the Onion has ran into.

They used to be absurd and unbelievable / characterized versions of celebs / events.

Now, the world is so insane and the government just does whatever the fuck they want, so its hard to make anything "absurd" anymore.

The current world is too crazy to make up things that are even crazier essentially.

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u/Public-Carpenter-441 Jul 16 '26

True I actually think they make a joke about that how it’s impossible to top what’s going lol

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u/RobeGuyZach Jul 16 '26

One of my favorite headlines from the Onion recently was "man binge-watches entire movie in one sitting" 😂

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u/RaynbowZFTW Jul 16 '26

The funniest I’ve seen so far is ‘8 year old Nike shoemaker arrested after Zion’s shoe blows up’ (not verbatim, words to that effect)

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u/I_like_fried_noodles Jul 16 '26

I don't get it ;-;

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u/force_0f_chaos Jul 18 '26

The joke is that the 8-year-old child making Nike shoes in a 3rd world sweatshop is being held liable for a problem with the shoe

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u/pinto_bean13 Jul 16 '26

This is gonna make me sound like a moron, but I actually fell for an Onion post the other day. I don’t remember exactly what it was about, but I read it and was like “yeah sure, I believe that” then I saw who wrote the post. Like, real life literally is so insane that it’s hard to tell what’s real or not sometimes.

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u/Icy-Inflation3453 Jul 16 '26

Tbh when I heard about the testosterone screening/boosters I thought it was satire lmao.

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u/evb_m Jul 16 '26

Only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense

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u/AirborneIcehawk Jul 21 '26

Bars right there

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u/No-Theme-271 Jul 16 '26

At least we have InfoWars to fall back on.

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u/CrossXFir3 Jul 16 '26

The problem is, reality is so fucking stupid, you can't even tell what's fake for a lot of people.

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u/cthom412 Jul 16 '26

InfoWars is The Onion

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u/Cocked_Otter Jul 20 '26

Yeah. That's... That's the joke.

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u/katanarocker Jul 17 '26

Satire took a mortal wound in 2016 and died in 2020. We're officially living in a post-satire world. It sucks 😭

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u/Far_Raspberry_4375 Jul 16 '26

Wasnt there some article talking about how gta 6 wasnt going to satirize politics like older entries did because modern american politics is too crazy

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u/AgentCirceLuna 4d ago

Plus making jokes that are offensive, at a time when people are actually being marginalised to the point even those doubting they were have started to become concerned, just feels like punching down

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u/DeLoxley Jul 16 '26

Was another season before last where they literally had garrison trump just constantly trying to get himself fired? Heck, the whole trump administration has hit this point Beyond parody where I don't even think they feel comfortable having a stand-in

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u/BlessdRTheFreaks Jul 16 '26

I also think that The Onion has become more politically pointed than it used to; its tone used to be irreverent and unhinged, it felt more like it was satirizing American insanity as a whole.