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Петра вилшенко ?@petvillka1992 7 minutes ago
#OregonStandoff There needs to be a term which means "The point where a situation becomes so ludicrous it is impossible to parody."
Here on DU, I bet we can come up with something. I'm thinking, or at least trying ... help.
This is as close as I've gotten, but this isn't a word:
Nay
(12,051 posts)a "really grotesque parody."
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Bigmack
(8,020 posts)MiniMe
(21,716 posts)Great minds think alike
Orrex
(63,212 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)like #HeadUpAssified?
Maybe #Dildoed with a nod to the one great symbol of the #BundyBunch.
This just popped on the #OregonStandoff Live feed:
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Dethklok/Skwisgar reference.
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)"Poe-etic"
How's that?
Orrex
(63,212 posts)jonno99
(2,620 posts)phiddle
(789 posts)Mendocino
(7,492 posts)or Full Tilt Finicum
A real term-unfathomable
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)A bold and audacious adjective for the term we seek, to be sure. We need a good noun form, the act of screwing things up soooo bad that the tragedy exceeds the ridiculousness while the ridiculousness exceeds our language for ridiculous.
A simple verb such as "to bundy" would be to bully and graze the commons without giving back to your fellow citizens. With "to bundyficate" meaning to pontificate the idea of bullying to bundy. Used in a sentence: Ammon's mission in far distant Oregon to bundyficate to the natives ended in jail.
But, still something missing here, to capture the beyond parody surrealism of where up is so down everything is also inside out, where dissonance is multi-dimensional and absurdity all-permeating.
What do you call someone who robs you so they can heroically proclaim they are giving you free shit? A Bundyer.
Bill Clunie ?@billclunie 2 minutes ago
They should start a politically motivated band when they're in prison: #DildoRiot.
Mendocino
(7,492 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)There's no way to go beyond Monty Python level absurdity. It's the last stop on the line.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Don't Nevadaficate Oregon!
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)Donkees
(31,407 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)"Poe's law is an Internet adage which states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, parodies of extreme views will be mistaken by some readers or viewers for sincere expressions of the parodied views."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
kentauros
(29,414 posts)As in "Not The Onion"
Rex
(65,616 posts)Keep it simple.