If anyone is actually confused, iirc the Babylon Bee is like a right-wing version of The Onion, which is makes satirical news headlines that people often fall for. So if you see anything from either publication, it’s a joke ;)
I would not be so sure that people who read it will think its for humor only. There is some pretty stupid stuff that gets put out as jokes that people fall for hook line and sinker. Kind of like the whole kitty litter in the classroom stuff.
There was a video snippet of a teacher crying about having to provide a cat litter box in her classroom. It was edited and spread around to help fuel that rumor. The actual context was the school district providing a way for students who were locked down in a classroom during an active shooter to have a place to use the restroom. I’m not sure but I thought it was Denver or somewhere in Colorado.
No, this is not r/nottheonion material. In this case, this is the onion.
Imagine the onion wrote an article from a point of view that you disagree with. That’s what’s happening here.
The beauty of The Babylon Bee is that it's designed for people to first laugh at a silly idea of a thing happening, then get mad because they think the thing is happening.
That's basically it. A lot of it is stuff to "trigger the libs" and conservatives that read it do mental gymnastics to think it's real and then post about it on Facebook.
Calling them satire is using the word loosely. Much of their content is outrage bait, often with no actual joke.
But they do have a good one now and then.
It's not an opinion. There are ways to set up jokes etc. Which the onion can do, while the bee is mostly "this minority/politicians i don't like is (insert derogatory statement)".
Except The Onion is 100x better satire. For satire to be good it has to somewhat be based on truth.
On what planet is the DOJ or any law enforcement institution anywhere working on the militant behalf of trans people? Lol
I think is based on the fact that the DOJ and FBI were putting School Parents on a Watchlist who complained to school boards over pornagraphic content being shown to children
They are a satirical newspaper(in theory). They actually have some magic wizard who can see the future. So they tend to just publish the news of the future
It's sarcasm *trying* to be The Onion. They aren't completely without humor, but cruelty too often gets the better of them. The Onion bats about .975 and the Bee about .210
spitting facts is the best way to get downvoted.
They punch down, miss the mark, allow right wing tropes to guide them, get sloppy trying to appeal to people with no sense of humor. Right wing humor is a tough bull to ride. Many have tried, few have succeeded. Fox in particular has a horrible record.
Propaganda is the main point, so any sense if humour needs to be bulldozed just to hammer in the message.
Message usually being "Lol liburuls are stoopid and I sensed with gender politics", which is a bit ironic coming from the party who's mad they can't fuck the green M&M anymore.
Its right wing satire so the leftist reddit hivemind usually gets offended and doesn't find the articles funny. As a centrist I think its pretty entertaining
They're just not funny. Half their shit boils down to "I identify as \[insert thing\]". It's the same joke over and over again because they think being a bully is the same thing as satire.
Babylon Bee plays victim a lot and the Christian right love that kind of stuff, so they continue to push buttons that they know will get them "cancelled" just so they can talk about getting cancelled.
They mock the trans community for no other reason than they know it will rile people up. They dead name and misgender people in the trans community for clicks and views. When Amy Schneider broke the Jeopardy record, they called her a man. And then they did the same thing with Rachel Levine calling her Babylon Bee's Man of the Year. They have a partnership with the lady that runs the Libs of TikTok account. She, along with others, have been the ones leading the call to label the LGBTQ+ community as Groomers.
Satire is fine. But at least be funny when doing it. There is no art when all you are doing is repeating the same joke over and over again and doing so at the expense of people who simply want to live their lives. All their jokes are what your uncle will send you with FWD:FWD:FWD:RERE:RE:RE emails from back in the day.
i mean it kinda makes sense when the money spent on this game directly lines the pockets of someone who will directly use it to donate to groups that actively inhibit and try to ruin the lives of trans people
In fairness I’m expecting this to be decent. I’m getting Shadow of Mordor/War vibes from it and that was superb. I would have more faith in WB than I would other companies.
Babylon Bee literally just released a YouTube video titled "10 times people thought BB was real". Somebody call them and tell them we have sequel material here.
I laughed I’m trans it was obviously not true but it made me chuckle. Relax everyone it’s just a joke.
It’s a game not the end of humanity everyone can calm down 😂
I looooooooooveeee all the serious answers on this post.
Guys, feeling it's stupid is ok, it's a satire (even if I don't find it very funny, but I'm not the intendend audience :D).
Saying : "Oh yeah, well I'm proud/I'll buy 3/xxx" is... kinda embarassing.
Why ? First always. Check. Your. Sources. Second we're not the one making lists :p.
Hyperbole spreads much faster and farther than reality, and a whole ton of people online can't differentiate hyperbole, so it becomes their truth, people add more hyperbole to it, and then spread it further. And so on, and so on.
Basically the internet amplified the grapevine effect.
FR so exhausted of this discourse, especially because it all hinges on tweets of a person who wasn't even involved in creating the game nor where we know how she will get paid.
There's actually weird things that were said by the lead producer or even the accusations of antisemitism, but the make or break about this game are tweets from an uninvolved person.
Just for love of clarity, she will get money out of this. The game world is hers, so you know, royalties (also they used her as a consultant). And also, just to put all informations out there, she did contributed economically to a fair share of anti trans groups.
Yes, of course she will. But the question is what kind of contract she will have. Is it something previously agreed upon? Is it money coming in depending on the success and sales? As long as we don't know, we cannot for sure tell how much gain is to be earned there. And I'd say it's such a weird fight to have when people keep buying merch and when people keep going to the theme parks and studio tours.
And, yeah, I know that, but I'm just baffled that people decide this is the topic when there's plenty of wrong with the game and the developer itself that is, in comparison, barely being talked about, despite ***directly*** affecting the game.
I mean despite the fact that Babylon Bee is a satire outlet similar to the Onion, I believe the answer is still “yes they do”
It’s not much harder to believe than the misinformation that appears in real news outlets, and it’s nothing compared to QAnon stuff, and people believe both of those
I mean given they believed Ted Cruz claiming an enhanced low power sleep mode on the XBox was “woke climate change indoctrination of kids” (which sounds like a much funnier satire, if only it was satire)… yeah people will believe it.
What the hell is anti-trains?
Does it mean they don't allow to build trains in the game? But I thought it was a fantasy flying game. Why would you need train if you can fly?
yes. why is it so surprising to you that someone with dysphoria may enjoy looking so feminine that they can be considered a trap. Or that a guy who is only a bit heteroflexible enjoys traps more than manly cis men.
Sounds to me like you just want to be angry
Because it's a transphobic slur. The explicit implication is transgender women are just men pretending to be women so they can trick men into having gay sex with them, which, aside from being a ***wildly fucking delusional idea***, is used as justification for violence against trans women.
Seriously, if I had a nickel for every dude I've seen or heard gleefully go off about how they'd murder a trans woman for "trapping" them like that, I'd have enough nickels to fill a sock and beat those ignorant morons silly.
(I acknowledge you may have not intended transphobia when you said that word. If you did, go fuck yourself; if not, I hope this explains why trans people dislike that word.)
The reason the Babylon Bee doesn't work though is you can tell how angry they are with every headline. Like I can imagine that writer typing that out and going "YEAH!!!!!! THEY WOULD WOULDN'T THEY?????"
No, that's the conservative version of The Onion which is apparently too woke for for them now.
It's supposed to be a joke but it's really sort of sad.
I smirked because I thought it was satirizing typical conservative hysterics.
Then I see people saying its satirizing people who boycotted the game, and now I'm no longer smiling.
The babylon bee is a conservative “comedy” site. It’s kind of like the onion if it was never funny or well written. You’re not supposed to take it seriously though.
It is funny that in recent years the onion has been considered "left". They also run articles mocking Obama and Biden, but became associated with the left after going hard on Trump in 2016. Strange world.
The Onion has a political leaning? I thought they just made fun of everyone. They tore Biden to shreds when he was vice president just like they did Trump when he was president.
I mean… yeah. It’s the same kinda people who think that people are suddenly dying due to exposure to people who have had the COVID vaccination.
So yes, if this were real, the republicans would be up in arms about it, just like they are about “they’re coming for your gas stoves!”
That onion is delicious
If anyone is actually confused, iirc the Babylon Bee is like a right-wing version of The Onion, which is makes satirical news headlines that people often fall for. So if you see anything from either publication, it’s a joke ;)
wait, so this means their readers also see the article titles as plausible, similar to r/nottheonion
No, people who read it know its for humor only. People who only read headlines though....
I would not be so sure that people who read it will think its for humor only. There is some pretty stupid stuff that gets put out as jokes that people fall for hook line and sinker. Kind of like the whole kitty litter in the classroom stuff.
There was a video snippet of a teacher crying about having to provide a cat litter box in her classroom. It was edited and spread around to help fuel that rumor. The actual context was the school district providing a way for students who were locked down in a classroom during an active shooter to have a place to use the restroom. I’m not sure but I thought it was Denver or somewhere in Colorado.
No, this is not r/nottheonion material. In this case, this is the onion. Imagine the onion wrote an article from a point of view that you disagree with. That’s what’s happening here.
Don't understand the downvotes here. That's a pretty accurate explanation.
"Reddit user gives accurate explanation and only gets upvotes!" - The Onion
Anyone who follows the Babylon Bee knows that it's all satire
You have high hopes for humanity.
I think just low standards for satire.
Basically, alneit exagerated.
Some people see any titles as plausible
Thanks for clarifying.
The beauty of The Babylon Bee is that it's designed for people to first laugh at a silly idea of a thing happening, then get mad because they think the thing is happening.
That's basically it. A lot of it is stuff to "trigger the libs" and conservatives that read it do mental gymnastics to think it's real and then post about it on Facebook.
Calling them satire is using the word loosely. Much of their content is outrage bait, often with no actual joke. But they do have a good one now and then.
It's not the right equivalent. The onion is fun.
Ok Lord_Bertox, decider of humanities fun.
It's not an opinion. There are ways to set up jokes etc. Which the onion can do, while the bee is mostly "this minority/politicians i don't like is (insert derogatory statement)".
That’s not even remotely accurate
Though like the right wing version of anything it's considerably less funny.
Except The Onion is 100x better satire. For satire to be good it has to somewhat be based on truth. On what planet is the DOJ or any law enforcement institution anywhere working on the militant behalf of trans people? Lol
I think is based on the fact that the DOJ and FBI were putting School Parents on a Watchlist who complained to school boards over pornagraphic content being shown to children
r/atethebee
/r/atetheonion
Stung by the bee if you will
Ate the bees honey
Which, if you're inexperienced, could result in a sting, which is on display here so I concur, falling for Babylon Bee = Ate The Bees Honey
I'm gonna go with them eating the entire bee.
It’s Babylon bee. A perfect example of someone reading a headline and not researching.
Sooooo..... reddit.
Its Babylon Bee. It is a sarcasm site like The Onion.
Im kinda new to the onion thing what is the onion
Satire website known for absurd stories. Just search on Google or YouTube and you'll see what I mean.
Except for the part where they got out-absurded for about four years.
By reality no less
Considering reality, their stories are not really that absurd anymore…
They are a satirical newspaper(in theory). They actually have some magic wizard who can see the future. So they tend to just publish the news of the future
It's sarcasm *trying* to be The Onion. They aren't completely without humor, but cruelty too often gets the better of them. The Onion bats about .975 and the Bee about .210 spitting facts is the best way to get downvoted.
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They punch down, miss the mark, allow right wing tropes to guide them, get sloppy trying to appeal to people with no sense of humor. Right wing humor is a tough bull to ride. Many have tried, few have succeeded. Fox in particular has a horrible record.
Propaganda is the main point, so any sense if humour needs to be bulldozed just to hammer in the message. Message usually being "Lol liburuls are stoopid and I sensed with gender politics", which is a bit ironic coming from the party who's mad they can't fuck the green M&M anymore.
Its right wing satire so the leftist reddit hivemind usually gets offended and doesn't find the articles funny. As a centrist I think its pretty entertaining
Centrists don't exist, you're just a conservative who likes weed.
They're just not funny. Half their shit boils down to "I identify as \[insert thing\]". It's the same joke over and over again because they think being a bully is the same thing as satire.
Nah the website just isn’t funny at all. Like this headline isn’t even a joke.
Babylon Bee plays victim a lot and the Christian right love that kind of stuff, so they continue to push buttons that they know will get them "cancelled" just so they can talk about getting cancelled. They mock the trans community for no other reason than they know it will rile people up. They dead name and misgender people in the trans community for clicks and views. When Amy Schneider broke the Jeopardy record, they called her a man. And then they did the same thing with Rachel Levine calling her Babylon Bee's Man of the Year. They have a partnership with the lady that runs the Libs of TikTok account. She, along with others, have been the ones leading the call to label the LGBTQ+ community as Groomers. Satire is fine. But at least be funny when doing it. There is no art when all you are doing is repeating the same joke over and over again and doing so at the expense of people who simply want to live their lives. All their jokes are what your uncle will send you with FWD:FWD:FWD:RERE:RE:RE emails from back in the day.
I mean Babylon bee got suspended from twitter for their satire though lol
It's a conservative outlet. The cruelty is the point.
The left can’t meme it’s just a block of text
They are like the Onion the same way I am like Ryan Renolds.
If it's on the internet, someone takes it seriously
It's the babylon bee, it's a satirical news site, like right-wing The Onion.
The bee will bumble
It’s Babylon bee so no
OP believed it
Got em
Babylon bee is a conservative satire page. r/atetheonion
Babylonbee is satire matey
Well r/atetheonion exists for a reason.
Good. Now if you'll excuse me. lávese las manos !!!!!
Lol I get it. I like this guy
They’re Death Eaters, Steve!
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you'd be surprised by the amount of people unfamiliar with the babylonbee
Honestly I never heard of Babylon bee before this post, but the satire was obvious
its like the onion if you've ever heard of that.
Yeah i know the onion. Thanks for the explanation
Had to come this far to find a decent interaction where someone didn't come in swinging at anyone that likes the bee. Good day to you both.
There's this thing called satire. Ought to look it up one day mate
People who fall for the BabylonBee should be put on a "dangerous dumbass" list, especially if they are following them on Twitter.
It’s called satire
r/woosh r/atetheonion
You do realise TheBabylonBee is satire, right? You've become the people you mock
Pre ordering games in 2023 in general should have you on a list actually
Umm excuse me, but if I preorder NOW I get a free skin!
Do people actually believe this bullshit tl;dr: Yes.
Babylon Bee is the 'Christian Conservative' version of The Onion.
They swing at everyone, especially the televangelist. Most of their stuff is on pop culture though. It's pretty funny.
lol they are just right leaning satire and dig on Christians too. Youre a bit misinformed
If you look at their home page, they do a little bit more than lean.
Lol. This game is getting a lot of negative press that’s unrelated to the actual game.
i mean it kinda makes sense when the money spent on this game directly lines the pockets of someone who will directly use it to donate to groups that actively inhibit and try to ruin the lives of trans people
It fucken hurts. I love HP so much and it brings me so much happiness. But.. *she who must not be named* is so awful.
Are people still fucking pre-ordering shit? After... \*gestures to everything\*.
Asking the real question here…
Yeah people are excited for this game
Don't pre-order digital content.
In fairness I’m expecting this to be decent. I’m getting Shadow of Mordor/War vibes from it and that was superb. I would have more faith in WB than I would other companies.
whooooosh
No, because it’s a satire website, idiot. Well I guess you, you were one of the few people who took it serious.
lol
It's called satire.
Isn't BabylonBee's whole spiel to create obvious fake meme content?
This is hilarious.
Apparently you do LOL
I missed my chance to be on another list.
Babylon Bee literally just released a YouTube video titled "10 times people thought BB was real". Somebody call them and tell them we have sequel material here.
Hey it's Tony Abbott! (That's for all my fellow Aussies)
Never trust a man who eats a whole raw onion in public on camera unironically
Yooo a list that I'm number one on let's go
I laughed I’m trans it was obviously not true but it made me chuckle. Relax everyone it’s just a joke. It’s a game not the end of humanity everyone can calm down 😂
I mean the have a point I wouldn't want to meet someone dumb enough to pre order a game in 2023
Tis only the Babylon Bee, might as well take a bite out of The Onion if you believe this
If this said the Ministry of Defence then might’ve been a different story but rn just a little giggle as it’s silly 😂
I looooooooooveeee all the serious answers on this post. Guys, feeling it's stupid is ok, it's a satire (even if I don't find it very funny, but I'm not the intendend audience :D). Saying : "Oh yeah, well I'm proud/I'll buy 3/xxx" is... kinda embarassing. Why ? First always. Check. Your. Sources. Second we're not the one making lists :p.
Babylon Bee is the Christian equivalent of the Onion. Meaning, sattire.
Have never see DOJ work so hard in history
Someone on Reddit told me yesterday they couldn’t buy this game because it supported a death wish against them, how does it come to this? Issa game.
It comes to this by bigotry being a real thing that negatively impacts people's lives.
I'd probably stay away from that person.
Hyperbole spreads much faster and farther than reality, and a whole ton of people online can't differentiate hyperbole, so it becomes their truth, people add more hyperbole to it, and then spread it further. And so on, and so on. Basically the internet amplified the grapevine effect.
FR so exhausted of this discourse, especially because it all hinges on tweets of a person who wasn't even involved in creating the game nor where we know how she will get paid. There's actually weird things that were said by the lead producer or even the accusations of antisemitism, but the make or break about this game are tweets from an uninvolved person.
Just for love of clarity, she will get money out of this. The game world is hers, so you know, royalties (also they used her as a consultant). And also, just to put all informations out there, she did contributed economically to a fair share of anti trans groups.
Yes, of course she will. But the question is what kind of contract she will have. Is it something previously agreed upon? Is it money coming in depending on the success and sales? As long as we don't know, we cannot for sure tell how much gain is to be earned there. And I'd say it's such a weird fight to have when people keep buying merch and when people keep going to the theme parks and studio tours. And, yeah, I know that, but I'm just baffled that people decide this is the topic when there's plenty of wrong with the game and the developer itself that is, in comparison, barely being talked about, despite ***directly*** affecting the game.
The Babylon Bee is a well known satirical site, just like The Onion. I doubt many people are buying it
I mean despite the fact that Babylon Bee is a satire outlet similar to the Onion, I believe the answer is still “yes they do” It’s not much harder to believe than the misinformation that appears in real news outlets, and it’s nothing compared to QAnon stuff, and people believe both of those
I mean given they believed Ted Cruz claiming an enhanced low power sleep mode on the XBox was “woke climate change indoctrination of kids” (which sounds like a much funnier satire, if only it was satire)… yeah people will believe it.
considering its a satire news site, but conservative, no, likely not. But atleast one person has
Isn't that site conservative? Kudos on making fun of yourselves I guess .-.
What the hell is anti-trains? Does it mean they don't allow to build trains in the game? But I thought it was a fantasy flying game. Why would you need train if you can fly?
No.
*sorts by controversial* 🍿
Babylon Bee is the dollar store version of The Onion.
It’s literally a funnier version of the onion
They should be on a list for preordering at all lol
Oh no! Anyway... Can't wait to play my preordered special edition wizards game.
Do you live under a rock?
CRONCH! 🧅
The crucial difference here however is that The Onion is actually funny, unlike Babylon Bee
Look at Steam top sellers now. It’s pre order. Nobody cares people are selfish.
Just because it isn't funny doesn't mean its not the Bee's attempt at satire.
One time I said I like traps, and got downvoted to hell by trans peeps. No clue why doe.
Because traps is a slur and people don't like being called that.
many people like being called that
Have you seen people who weren't in porn say that?
yes. why is it so surprising to you that someone with dysphoria may enjoy looking so feminine that they can be considered a trap. Or that a guy who is only a bit heteroflexible enjoys traps more than manly cis men. Sounds to me like you just want to be angry
Because it's a transphobic slur. The explicit implication is transgender women are just men pretending to be women so they can trick men into having gay sex with them, which, aside from being a ***wildly fucking delusional idea***, is used as justification for violence against trans women. Seriously, if I had a nickel for every dude I've seen or heard gleefully go off about how they'd murder a trans woman for "trapping" them like that, I'd have enough nickels to fill a sock and beat those ignorant morons silly. (I acknowledge you may have not intended transphobia when you said that word. If you did, go fuck yourself; if not, I hope this explains why trans people dislike that word.)
Traps aren't trans doe... It's a male cross-dressing, so if anything it's more offensive to gay people.
Should be added to a "gullible dumbass" watchlist if you pre-order ANYTHING AT ALL.
Chinese State-run media takes it *very* seriously.
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weird flex
I suspect some people want this to be true though.
Throw me on the Deluxe watchlist cause I preordered the deluxe edition! So excited! Lol.
Watch me as I proceed to spam the same spell cuz it looks cool
Murica problems hah, absolutely nobody else in the world cares. Its art, enjoy it or walk away, do something productive in your life
The reason the Babylon Bee doesn't work though is you can tell how angry they are with every headline. Like I can imagine that writer typing that out and going "YEAH!!!!!! THEY WOULD WOULDN'T THEY?????"
They’re so bad at it, they often unintentionally satirize their own point of view.
No, that's the conservative version of The Onion which is apparently too woke for for them now. It's supposed to be a joke but it's really sort of sad.
Well just like The Onion, conservatives think BB is real news too.
I smirked because I thought it was satirizing typical conservative hysterics. Then I see people saying its satirizing people who boycotted the game, and now I'm no longer smiling.
Add me. No problem. Great game. I am gonna buy sequel too.
/r/Gamingcirclejerk would cream their pants if this happened
You should be put on a DOJ watch list if you pre order any game.
I think it’s funny. Anyway I’m about to preorder it for the ps5.
Im gonna preorder it even harder now
The babylon bee is a conservative “comedy” site. It’s kind of like the onion if it was never funny or well written. You’re not supposed to take it seriously though.
I wouldn't mind being on that list, honestly. I am just so done with wokeism and any other isms.
That's one hell of a list
ok but idc...i just want to be a real wizard
Time to buy game lol
Jokes on you I'm already on multiple watch lists.
I saw this post earlier on a certain community with the title "the goverment it on our side" or something like that. They are obsessed
Stung by the Bee
I never knew I could both potentially be on a anti-trans watchlist while being a trans activist the same time.
Come on man i just want to be a wizard without being hated
Lol Right wing satire
The problem is exactly that they indeed do believe this bullshit. They would even if it had a huge "THIS IS SATIRE" watermark on the picture.
It’s the Bee. They’re the right’s version of the left’s Onion.
It is funny that in recent years the onion has been considered "left". They also run articles mocking Obama and Biden, but became associated with the left after going hard on Trump in 2016. Strange world.
The Onion has a political leaning? I thought they just made fun of everyone. They tore Biden to shreds when he was vice president just like they did Trump when he was president.
It's the Babylon Bee. When they aren't jerking off Elon Musk they're coming up with predictable satirical headlines.
Babylon Bee is a shitty version of The Onion that your boomer father reads while Tucker Carlson is on in the background.
Sounds better than the onion
ahahaha oh wait...... AHAHAHAHA.
Dork
It’s about time they took my threats seriously.
If they do I've got a bridge to sell them
For some reason people love to act like their persecuted I think it’s a roundabout way of making them feel important.
It’s satire dumbass
🎶Mama I'm a criminal🎶
It’s Babylon bee. I think you are missing something.
Babylon Bee is basically the conservative version of The Onion, except their readers are too stupid to think it’s fake.
Babylon Bee is a shit right wing conspiracy site. It is not a “right wing satire site”. They pray on the trump supporting and insurrection traitors.
Cry harder
What does "anti-trans watchlist" even means? Is it some American thing?
I mean… yeah. It’s the same kinda people who think that people are suddenly dying due to exposure to people who have had the COVID vaccination. So yes, if this were real, the republicans would be up in arms about it, just like they are about “they’re coming for your gas stoves!”
Meanwhile i pre-ordered the deluxe edition and im dating a trans person
No, it's the babylon bee, they're like the onion but worse.
I only like manual trans, does that mean I'm on the s-list for hating the automatic trans?
Seems like common sense is in short supply around the world....
I pre-ordered just so I could be on a list finally. It's my first list.
TIL I am anti trans. K then.
lol tell that to the freaks at gamingcirclejerk. Group of self important psychos.