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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:55 PM Feb 2016

HELP - term meaning: "The point where a situation becomes so ludicrous it is impossible to parody"?

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:

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HELP - term meaning: "The point where a situation becomes so ludicrous it is impossible to parody"? (Original Post) L. Coyote Feb 2016 OP
Maybe "burlesque"? I've always thought of that word as meaning Nay Feb 2016 #1
Normal Fuddnik Feb 2016 #2
"Trump".... nt Bigmack Feb 2016 #3
That was my thought too MiniMe Feb 2016 #4
On a related note, I present... Orrex Feb 2016 #5
Something that would pass the Poe test. Obvious meaning L. Coyote Feb 2016 #6
Major props for a hifiguy Feb 2016 #16
That was my thought. Dr. Strange Feb 2016 #12
Keep your thoughts to yourself, you big silly. Orrex Feb 2016 #18
fubar nt jonno99 Feb 2016 #7
Try "farcical" or "preposterous"? phiddle Feb 2016 #8
Bundacious Mendocino Feb 2016 #9
I like it, good over-the-top connotation. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #20
Bundercluck? Mendocino Feb 2016 #21
Bundyf**k? L. Coyote Feb 2016 #22
Pythonesque. hifiguy Feb 2016 #10
Moving past the satire singularity. randome Feb 2016 #11
A "Parnundrum"? Glassunion Feb 2016 #13
It's called an Oregon Standoff arely staircase Feb 2016 #14
Oh please, don't defile Oregon. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #25
LOL nt arely staircase Feb 2016 #27
"Black Hole Information Paradox" Donkees Feb 2016 #15
Donald Trump for President, 2016. nt Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #17
This idea is sort of expressed in Poe's Law Frank Cannon Feb 2016 #19
nonOnion kentauros Feb 2016 #23
They pulled a Bundy. Rex Feb 2016 #24
The Onion Point. nt StatGirl Feb 2016 #26
The spoof event horizon (nt) muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #28
Poe's law? lumberjack_jeff Feb 2016 #29

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
6. Something that would pass the Poe test. Obvious meaning
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 04:16 PM
Feb 2016

like #HeadUpAssified?
Maybe #Dildoed with a nod to the one great symbol of the #BundyBunch.

This just popped on the #OregonStandoff Live feed:

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
20. I like it, good over-the-top connotation.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:24 PM
Feb 2016

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.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
10. Pythonesque.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 04:40 PM
Feb 2016

There's no way to go beyond Monty Python level absurdity. It's the last stop on the line.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
11. Moving past the satire singularity.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 04:44 PM
Feb 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
19. This idea is sort of expressed in Poe's Law
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:09 PM
Feb 2016

"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

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
29. Poe's law?
Fri Feb 5, 2016, 05:01 PM
Feb 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is uttrerly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article."
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