• doingthestuff
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    5 hours ago

    Having studied history and lived in Germany - this must be sarcasm, no?

    • Aa!@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      It’s a reference from The Simpsons. Sarcasm is a good explanation, though it’s probably more accurately satire

      • atomicorange@lemmy.world
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        12 minutes ago

        I’d call it irony. Satire is usually a more pointed critique- it would be referencing a specific situation or trope or person it wanted to lambast. So maybe a bit of satire about the US prison system? Honestly I don’t think they were trying to go there though.

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      3 hours ago

      for the longest time I thought that line had way more to it, but nope, that’s it. it’s just a reference to Hitler.

      I only thought there was more to it because classic Simpsons always had fantastic writing with multiple underlying references.