Satire is like that friend who points out the silly side of serious stuff, making you laugh while you think. It takes the big issues of the day, dresses them up in a bit of humour, and serves them back to us so we can see the funny side of our own actions. It’s all about having a laugh at life’s craziness, reminding us not to take everything so seriously. In short, satire uses humour as a clever way to show us the truth, wrapped up in a package that’s much easier to swallow.
It started innocently enough.Over breakfast, between the scraping of toast and the slow drip of coffee, he asked the question no husband should ever ask: “What exactly are those cushions on the bed for?” The room fell silent. Somewhere, a …
Midnight hits. Fireworks cough into the sky. Someone misses the countdown because they’re filming it vertically. And before the smoke clears, before hope even gets its shoes on, the jokes begin again. Uncle Geoff fires first. He always does. “SEE …
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Megacorp Inc. pulled out all the stops yesterday for the launch of its latest employee motivation strategy, complete with customised cupcakes and a big reveal in the cafeteria, which for the day was renamed the “Synergy Hub”. The big announcement …
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Let’s face it — the calendar has become a bloated, sanctimonious, rainbow-stickered monster. Somewhere between International Pancake Day, World Tapir Day and Global Scarf Awareness Week, we lost the plot. Our timelines are a carousel of hashtags, performative empathy, and …
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Roskilde, Denmark – July 2025 In a feat of endurance rarely seen outside marathon events or year 9 oral presentations, Australian woman Jasmin Hartley, 48, has reportedly managed to talk—nonstop—through an entire festival set, pausing only to sip her seltzer …
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Sydney, Monday – A man who had just returned from a three-week European odyssey found himself held hostage in a 12-minute unsolicited monologue about someone else’s future holiday, after daring to mention his own. Jeremy Todd, 44, had barely uttered …
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