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General Category => News => Topic started by: diddly on December 28, 2017, 02:56:06 PM

Title: Leroy Jenkins was Faked
Post by: diddly on December 28, 2017, 02:56:06 PM

Is anything in this world real anymore?  The Leroy "At least I've got chicken" Jenkins viral video from long ago was apparently meant as satire.  https://kotaku.com/the-makers-of-leeroy-jenkins-didnt-think-anyone-would-b-1821570730 (https://kotaku.com/the-makers-of-leeroy-jenkins-didnt-think-anyone-would-b-1821570730)

Ironically, the original video was released the same year as Poe's Law - without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers or viewers as a sincere expression of the parodied views.