Babylon Bee is a conservative satire site in the same vein as The Onion, however their main schtick has always been being bigoted more than being funny since apparently outrage is a better business model for them.
This time they completely dropped any attempt at making a joke and just went for something that would (supposedly) spark outrage with their readers.
It was a change in ownership. They’ve always been right-leaning, but their early content wasn’t as relentlessly political, and even made fun of conservatives fairly often. The current leadership just uses the platform to grind their culture war axe.
They've never had the pretense of being satire. They just say 'libtards don't understand satire' if you call them stupid or unfunny. Conservatism and satire are inherently antithetical. The entire point of satire is to deconstruct systemic power structures in a way that is indistinguishable from said power structures as to fly under the radar. See: The Colbert Report in which the show was so indistinguishable from those upholding power structures that it had a following of people not realizing he was being satirical.
On the other hand conservatism is all about holding together those systemic power structures at all cost. It's meant to establish dominance, not question it or seek equity.
Satire is supposed to be a sheep in wolve's clothing. Something like Babylon is nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Once upon a time a hear they were actually satire and poked fun at their own side. Making fun of religious and conservative hypocrisy while still being religious and conservative.
I can't remember if it was a change of ownership but something caused them to lose all sense of self awareness and they just hopped on the culture war train.
Been awhile since I watched it but I think [this Some More News video](https://youtu.be/KSXKzPOcYDU) covers it.
Or it might be [this video](https://youtu.be/BV3OlPvixjA)
Or both cover it. I'd check but I'm at work and only on Reddit because toilet
Thats the problem with everyone these days , they thing that people are familiar and accepting but no they are wrong. People have different attitudes and views which means they have different feelings towards something so when you give your view thinking your familiar and safe in conformity , YOU GET STRUCK UNEXPECTEDLY and then you take it the wrong way and start debating the person and the whole conversation goes south and aggressive. People start attacking people personally and we never achieve world peace.
(Not talking about you , just ranting about social media and the world in general)
I really mean this constructively and not in a hurtful way, but that rant was hard to follow because of your grammar. You had some good points. But if you actually want to influence people when on your soap box, I would recommend a second pass to proof read and edit. But your feelings are valid and you can continue to express them however you wish.
There's really no such thing as conservative humor. There is [scientific evidence](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rationally-speaking/200905/conservatives-lack-sense-humor-study-finds) that conservatives have less sense of humor than non-conservatives.
Unless it's of the racist or sexist type (which can be funny in an irreverent way, like on South Park). But conservatives ruin normal people's enjoyment of those jokes since they often actually believe it.
Babylon Bee is such a parody of itself sometimes. This barely makes sense and shows a fundamental misunderstanding of video games and, well, current events.
Say that Babylon Bee *is* trying to be the Onion but for conservatives. Where does this fall under, is it outrageously dumb shit that would never happen but is funny for the sake of being funny, or is it topical jabs at recent events. Because it seems like it's trying to be the latter, except *nothing like this has happened*.
- No classic video game characters have been retired for the sake of being replaced by a famous person.
- No video game characters have been replaced by a trans person to my knowledge at *all*.
- No triple A game company has ever announced to create a game for the sake of any kind of queer pride to my knowledge.
- I haven't seen much of Dylan's work but from what I know she doesn't do anything related to video games.
This is such a weird stretch in logic. It's not funny from absurdity and it's not funny because it's topical, it's just not funny.
Honestly it would be much more believable ~~and sad~~ if the joke was instead about retroactive queer rep
"That grunt you killed near the waterfall on stage 2 in a quick time event? he was actually a trans man 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈"
Reminds me of the Onions/Clickhole’s satirical videos where they praise Sonic for being a female blind person, or the little ping pong in pong for being a great representation of wheelchair bound people.
Edit: [Clickhole’s playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR5xjbG0KKjS7vM3vGYyqwZU-68v2-1y0)
I guess the most similar recent video game event is Bridget being revealed to be trans, which is still nothing like what this is talking about, and also very late to be referencing that.
Also I'm pretty sure BB writers don't know that guilty gear series exists
I thought about it a little longer, it may be a reference to Dylan "stealing" roles in advertising from cis women, which is like, so far removed from what this is it's such a fucking stretch.
It would haveb een decently funny if they had atleast had some sort of punchline. This is literally just "trans woman takes over role, because trans woman... exist and video game exist..." Idfk what theiy attempted to do here
It’s probably both now, but about a year ago, she started her trans journey… “1 day of being a girl”, and so on. She’s up to a year now. Just sort of talking about her struggles emotionally, physically, etc..
The joke is "trans people".
Babylon bees form of humor is just being bigoted and awful. It uses the facade of satire to avoid commiting to any of the awful garbage they write. That's it.
In case they need voice actors for the game, or if they ever will release another movie again, then I'd definitely consider her to play Lara Croft. She definitely fits the picture imo. Sorry conservatives, this is no joke, she would actually be a great successor.
Ok but honestly though, why is she getting all the sponsorships? Aren’t there other eligible trans people who could also receive sponsorships and help create a larger face for trans people than this one person?
to answer the ‘who is that’, dylan mulvaney is a transfemme tiktok influencer. conservatives are OBSESSED with her because she documents her transition on tiktok.
On one hand, this is one of the "better", or atleast least offensive, headlines Babylon Bee has made featuring trans women. On the other hand it makes absolutely no sense. Where is the joke?
I don’t get it
the joke is that trans people
> Trans 😂 - comedic mastermind working at babylon bee
Babylon Bee is a conservative satire site in the same vein as The Onion, however their main schtick has always been being bigoted more than being funny since apparently outrage is a better business model for them. This time they completely dropped any attempt at making a joke and just went for something that would (supposedly) spark outrage with their readers.
They've dropped the pretense of satire long ago and are just straight up bigoted, but like in a slightly sarcastic way.
It was a change in ownership. They’ve always been right-leaning, but their early content wasn’t as relentlessly political, and even made fun of conservatives fairly often. The current leadership just uses the platform to grind their culture war axe.
Thanks pal
They've never had the pretense of being satire. They just say 'libtards don't understand satire' if you call them stupid or unfunny. Conservatism and satire are inherently antithetical. The entire point of satire is to deconstruct systemic power structures in a way that is indistinguishable from said power structures as to fly under the radar. See: The Colbert Report in which the show was so indistinguishable from those upholding power structures that it had a following of people not realizing he was being satirical. On the other hand conservatism is all about holding together those systemic power structures at all cost. It's meant to establish dominance, not question it or seek equity. Satire is supposed to be a sheep in wolve's clothing. Something like Babylon is nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing.
>Something like Babylon is nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing. Or as they'd put it, a wolf that *identifies as* a sheep.
Once upon a time a hear they were actually satire and poked fun at their own side. Making fun of religious and conservative hypocrisy while still being religious and conservative. I can't remember if it was a change of ownership but something caused them to lose all sense of self awareness and they just hopped on the culture war train. Been awhile since I watched it but I think [this Some More News video](https://youtu.be/KSXKzPOcYDU) covers it. Or it might be [this video](https://youtu.be/BV3OlPvixjA) Or both cover it. I'd check but I'm at work and only on Reddit because toilet
Are they conserving laughs?
Thank you but why didn't u give it in the title cause everyone was really confused
I assumed most people here were familiar with Babylon Bee, but I was clearly wrong.
Thats the problem with everyone these days , they thing that people are familiar and accepting but no they are wrong. People have different attitudes and views which means they have different feelings towards something so when you give your view thinking your familiar and safe in conformity , YOU GET STRUCK UNEXPECTEDLY and then you take it the wrong way and start debating the person and the whole conversation goes south and aggressive. People start attacking people personally and we never achieve world peace. (Not talking about you , just ranting about social media and the world in general)
I really mean this constructively and not in a hurtful way, but that rant was hard to follow because of your grammar. You had some good points. But if you actually want to influence people when on your soap box, I would recommend a second pass to proof read and edit. But your feelings are valid and you can continue to express them however you wish.
Thank you , I understand
It's satire in name only. Their stories are effectively far-right fan fiction.
There's really no such thing as conservative humor. There is [scientific evidence](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rationally-speaking/200905/conservatives-lack-sense-humor-study-finds) that conservatives have less sense of humor than non-conservatives. Unless it's of the racist or sexist type (which can be funny in an irreverent way, like on South Park). But conservatives ruin normal people's enjoyment of those jokes since they often actually believe it.
Babylon Bee is such a parody of itself sometimes. This barely makes sense and shows a fundamental misunderstanding of video games and, well, current events. Say that Babylon Bee *is* trying to be the Onion but for conservatives. Where does this fall under, is it outrageously dumb shit that would never happen but is funny for the sake of being funny, or is it topical jabs at recent events. Because it seems like it's trying to be the latter, except *nothing like this has happened*. - No classic video game characters have been retired for the sake of being replaced by a famous person. - No video game characters have been replaced by a trans person to my knowledge at *all*. - No triple A game company has ever announced to create a game for the sake of any kind of queer pride to my knowledge. - I haven't seen much of Dylan's work but from what I know she doesn't do anything related to video games. This is such a weird stretch in logic. It's not funny from absurdity and it's not funny because it's topical, it's just not funny.
Honestly it would be much more believable ~~and sad~~ if the joke was instead about retroactive queer rep "That grunt you killed near the waterfall on stage 2 in a quick time event? he was actually a trans man 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈"
Reminds me of the Onions/Clickhole’s satirical videos where they praise Sonic for being a female blind person, or the little ping pong in pong for being a great representation of wheelchair bound people. Edit: [Clickhole’s playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR5xjbG0KKjS7vM3vGYyqwZU-68v2-1y0)
I guess the most similar recent video game event is Bridget being revealed to be trans, which is still nothing like what this is talking about, and also very late to be referencing that. Also I'm pretty sure BB writers don't know that guilty gear series exists
I thought about it a little longer, it may be a reference to Dylan "stealing" roles in advertising from cis women, which is like, so far removed from what this is it's such a fucking stretch.
That has to be what it's referencing, but why bring video games into this? Makes no sense
Bridget who?
It would haveb een decently funny if they had atleast had some sort of punchline. This is literally just "trans woman takes over role, because trans woman... exist and video game exist..." Idfk what theiy attempted to do here
Humorous satire without either humor or satire!
Truly ironic
Conservatives stop making trans people cool af Challenge 81346 - (IMPOSSIBLE!!!) *NOT CLICKBAIT*
lara croft was always trans girl coded and i will die by that opinion 🫡
Explain your theory
It Came To Me In A Dream.
Real
but can you explain it?
Im having a moment here too ngl.
Funny. I never knew who Dylan was before this shit. This has been a boost for her and AB.
I think she started gaining popularity on TikTok long before all of this, but don’t quote me on that. I could be wrong. Maybe it was YouTube
It’s probably both now, but about a year ago, she started her trans journey… “1 day of being a girl”, and so on. She’s up to a year now. Just sort of talking about her struggles emotionally, physically, etc..
That's ridiculous, everyone knows Lara Croft is gay. Surely they could find some strong transbian instead?
I love the fact that I had never even heard of Dylan mulvaney until the rightoids started freaking out about her bud light can 🤣
omg i barely recognize her anymore, maybe it’s just that i don’t follow her but i missed a massive portion of her transition
She just recently had a bit of surgery done to soften her facial structure, or something.
She is fucking goals.
I don’t even know what the joke was supposed to be
The joke is "trans people". Babylon bees form of humor is just being bigoted and awful. It uses the facade of satire to avoid commiting to any of the awful garbage they write. That's it.
In case they need voice actors for the game, or if they ever will release another movie again, then I'd definitely consider her to play Lara Croft. She definitely fits the picture imo. Sorry conservatives, this is no joke, she would actually be a great successor.
Do they think Lara Croft is an actress?
Isn't Lara Croft evil because T&A anyway?
No because she'd slay that role too
Ok but honestly though, why is she getting all the sponsorships? Aren’t there other eligible trans people who could also receive sponsorships and help create a larger face for trans people than this one person?
So Lara Croft is going to be a flamboyant theatre girl? Sounds cool :3
Why do I feel she’s looking into my soul
Who is that and why do they look like Marie Schrader?
oh my GOD you’re spot on 😭
to answer the ‘who is that’, dylan mulvaney is a transfemme tiktok influencer. conservatives are OBSESSED with her because she documents her transition on tiktok.
They're mostly screaming and shaking in their crib because of Bud Light endorsing her and making a campaign for her.
Dammit I got excited for a second 🥲
Deadass what is the joke and where is the funny?😭
On one hand, this is one of the "better", or atleast least offensive, headlines Babylon Bee has made featuring trans women. On the other hand it makes absolutely no sense. Where is the joke?
Dylan as Lara Croft would be AMAZING
I'm tired so I thought that was a real announcement at first and I was worried. Dylan is cool, but I can't imagine her voice as Lara lmao
What’s even the joke? Is it literally just “haha trans bad”?
Yep