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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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Nothing Left to Parody?

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Salvomag Reply The new Salvo (Issue 33, Summer 2015) is now available both online and in print.

We here at Salvo have always enjoyed coming up with new fake ads–our attempt to point out some of the irrational thinking/feeling that defines our self-proclaimed science-loving culture. In this issue, we ran the fake ad below:



Obviously this one is an attempt to parody a culture whose main virtue is “being yourself,” even if that means running from the physical and mental reality of yourself. Well, today I saw this in the news: ‘Black’ NAACP leader outed as white woman. So my honest question for you, dear readers, is this:

Are parody and satire even possible these days?

- See more at: http://salvomag.com/blog/#sthash.5n0tXyXP.dpuf

Another satirical fake ad:

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