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r/satire
Satire: caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm
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Satire is primarily a literary genre, but it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are ridiculed, ideally in order to shame individuals/society into improving. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism. Irony and sarcasm are common elements, but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are also frequently used.
From Wikipedia:
"Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into imp...
12,211
March 9, 2009
public
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Total Submissions
28,801
Total Comments
7,816
Earliest Submission
June 23, 2009
Earliest Comment
June 27, 2011
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Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 31 | 57,841 | 263.4 | 0.5 | 546.20 | |
| #2 | 95 | 178,554 | 807.3 | 1.5 | 542.23 | |
| #3 | 41 | 178,751 | 348.4 | 1.5 | 233.76 | |
| #4 | 135 | 745,943 | 1147.2 | 6.2 | 184.44 | |
| #5 | 39 | 299,155 | 331.4 | 2.5 | 132.86 | |
| #6 | 33 | 298,187 | 280.4 | 2.5 | 112.79 | |
| #7 | 31 | 381,546 | 263.4 | 3.2 | 82.80 | |
| #8 | 135 | 1,763,026 | 1147.2 | 14.7 | 78.04 | |
| #9 | 35 | 486,727 | 297.4 | 4.1 | 73.28 | |
| #10 | 62 | 889,681 | 526.9 | 7.4 | 71.02 | |
| #11 | 74 | 2,050,996 | 628.9 | 17.1 | 36.77 | |
| #12 | 64 | 1,865,194 | 543.9 | 15.6 | 34.97 | |
| #13 | 80 | 2,543,607 | 679.8 | 21.2 | 32.05 | |
| #14 | 34 | 1,098,231 | 288.9 | 9.2 | 31.55 | |
| #15 | 61 | 1,980,033 | 518.4 | 16.5 | 31.40 | |
| #16 | 38 | 1,481,139 | 322.9 | 12.4 | 26.15 | |
| #17 | 585 | 24,103,261 | 4971.4 | 201.0 | 24.73 | |
| #18 | 76 | 3,653,645 | 645.9 | 30.5 | 21.20 | |
| #19 | 67 | 3,369,831 | 569.4 | 28.1 | 20.26 | |
| #20 | 36 | 1,842,608 | 305.9 | 15.4 | 19.91 | |
| #21 | 40 | 2,229,954 | 339.9 | 18.6 | 18.28 | |
| #22 | 111 | 6,210,965 | 943.3 | 51.8 | 18.21 | |
| #23 | 106 | 6,686,656 | 900.8 | 55.8 | 16.16 | |
| #24 | 42 | 2,652,579 | 356.9 | 22.1 | 16.14 | |
| #25 | 127 | 8,373,104 | 1079.3 | 69.8 | 15.46 | |
| #26 | 42 | 3,036,849 | 356.9 | 25.3 | 14.09 | |
| #27 | 52 | 3,972,165 | 441.9 | 33.1 | 13.34 | |
| #28 | 38 | 3,064,267 | 322.9 | 25.6 | 12.64 | |
| #29 | 41 | 3,339,897 | 348.4 | 27.8 | 12.51 | |
| #30 | 33 | 2,694,439 | 280.4 | 22.5 | 12.48 | |
| #31 | 34 | 3,150,144 | 288.9 | 26.3 | 11.00 | |
| #32 | 41 | 4,206,456 | 348.4 | 35.1 | 9.93 | |
| #33 | 170 | 17,929,002 | 1444.7 | 149.5 | 9.66 | |
| #34 | 63 | 6,714,096 | 535.4 | 56.0 | 9.56 | |
| #35 | 31 | 3,488,252 | 263.4 | 29.1 | 9.06 | |
| #36 | 31 | 3,584,204 | 263.4 | 29.9 | 8.81 | |
| #37 | 55 | 6,413,509 | 467.4 | 53.5 | 8.74 | |
| #38 | 39 | 4,583,295 | 331.4 | 38.2 | 8.67 | |
| #39 | 45 | 5,376,300 | 382.4 | 44.8 | 8.53 | |
| #40 | 62 | 7,506,694 | 526.9 | 62.6 | 8.42 | |
| #41 | 35 | 4,261,672 | 297.4 | 35.5 | 8.37 | |
| #42 | 63 | 8,124,886 | 535.4 | 67.7 | 7.90 | |
| #43 | 44 | 5,822,731 | 373.9 | 48.6 | 7.70 | |
| #44 | 31 | 4,231,504 | 263.4 | 35.3 | 7.47 | |
| #45 | 36 | 4,980,842 | 305.9 | 41.5 | 7.37 | |
| #46 | 35 | 4,989,677 | 297.4 | 41.6 | 7.15 | |
| #47 | 32 | 4,662,332 | 271.9 | 38.9 | 6.99 | |
| #48 | 34 | 4,958,667 | 288.9 | 41.3 | 6.99 | |
| #49 | 47 | 6,965,341 | 399.4 | 58.1 | 6.88 | |
| #50 | 57 | 8,635,292 | 484.4 | 72.0 | 6.73 |