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Satirical, dystopian twitter short story...?
03-23-2014, 02:48 AM
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Satirical, dystopian twitter short story...?
The teacher told us to "try to" write a short satirical story. It's our first assignment so he won't be too picky about it. I decided to write one about an underground Twitter network that attempts to save everybody from an (internet-wise) oppressive government that limits people's use of the internet. Along the lines of 1984, Atlas Shrugged, Jennifer Government, etc. Is that a ridiculous, lame and stupid subject? If it is, does anybody have good ideas I can take credit for?

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03-23-2014, 02:56 AM
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"La resistance", I think that what you're about to write is a good idea, I'd love to read it actually

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03-23-2014, 03:07 AM
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You can write a satire or the government, and health, since there's a huge health watch happening right now. Talk about the H1N1 virus, and how health officials have ordered the government to take action by purchasing a vast number of vaccines. Mention how insane the numbers are (they're predicting 150 000 000 people getting the virus this fall, and 90 000 people dying from it); this is used to scare people, even if there is some exaggerated truth in it- forcing people to purchase these vaccines, leading to the Government, and health officials, receiving an extra chunky pay check this year.

Your idea is good too though. =)
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03-23-2014, 03:10 AM
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I find it a ridiculus. lame, and stupid subject when you use twitter, as if twitter is some novel invention.

The idea of internet communication as the weapon to overthrow the government has been a good one since the 1980s when I first read the idea.

What next facebook defeats the evil empire?
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03-23-2014, 03:14 AM
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Sure you could do something with a separate Twitter-like network. But where is the satirical part.

Some other ideas - the network communicates through fake lost animal posters on grocery store bulletin boards. Oddly some of the non-existent animals could be found.

Or communicating through cryptic symbolic digital art on a picture board might be interesting. But one of the paintings (or the account they are posted in) wins some unwanted Art forum prize and suddenly tons of people are looking at them.

But if you have a way to make the twitter-like one satirical, go for it.

If you meant satirical in the sense of making it a satire of current trends, sure the Twitter-like one would be good. But it needs to be more satirical. For example, I have found that even on boards where people can say whatever they want, there are always members who don't want them to push religion, degrade religion, curse, preach violence, malign the US or its president, etc. So to coexist and have a reasonable discussion, members need to censor themselves. That could possibly be the basis for a satire. Another idea, would be that some of the more divisive and secretive elements of real twitter could worm their way into the underground twitter - friends lists, ignore, and private messages. Just some ideas.

Satire is meant to be funny while at the same time an attack on something you disapprove of, in your case the internet censorship

"Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement.Although satire is usually meant to be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humor in itself so much as an attack on something of which the author strongly disapproves, using the weapon of wit."
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