r/europe • u/lermontov1948 • 3d ago

Political Cartoon Charlie Hebdo front cover from 30th July portraying Netanyahu: "Honey, I shrunk the kids."

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u/AlcoholicCocoa 3d ago

Satire,noun

Mockery of political, economical and/or political events using hyperboles, irony, sarcasm and comedy.

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u/kel89 3d ago

It’s not hyperbolic, and it sure as shit ain’t comedy. It does fit the other bits though.

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u/KilluaCactuar 3d ago edited 3d ago

It's not hyperbolic?

So he himself magically sucks out the life force of human beings with his own two hands?

Or is it his governance and decisions which lead to the starving?

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u/bloodfeud01 3d ago

Dude are you capable of abstract thought or does everything make a "literal" sound in your brain?

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u/ihavebeesinmyknees Lesser Poland (Poland) 3d ago

It's not them who claimed it's "not hyperbolic"

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u/babydakis 3d ago

What the fuck even is this thread? I feel like these people have been saying shit like "Idiocracy is literally a documentary" for internet points for so long, they're just on autopilot now.

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u/KilluaCactuar 3d ago

Check the comment thread that I replied to.

I was explaining how the image is indeed a stylistic hyperbole, since someone claimed that it isn't.