In that case one could say that FB offers a good cross-cut of [Western] human population.<p>Satire is <i>hard</i>. It&#x27;s hard to do right, and ironically, the better it&#x27;s done, the harder it is to spot.<p>For a long time IMDB did not have a proper satire category. Obvious satirical pieces got lumped together with &quot;dark comedy&quot; and &quot;parody&quot;. These days we are blessed with sub-categories, but originally, and certainly up until mid-noughties the concept was unknown. So either IMDB didn&#x27;t see a user-driven need to include the category, or they didn&#x27;t trust their userbase to be able to understand the difference.<p>Perhaps the biggest &quot;problem&quot; with satire is that it&#x27;s an intellectually demanding form of expression, both for the creator and her audience. In a world where eliminating your target audience&#x27;s need to think is considered a virtue, all less-than-bloody-obvious communication efforts will fall victim to Wiio&#x27;s Laws.[0]<p>The most basic form of the laws can be distilled to: &quot;all communication fails, except by accident&quot;. When the stated form of communication relies on subtlety and audience interpretation, it is <i>guaranteed</i> that a sizable segment will misunderstand both the message, and the point.<p>Makes one want crawl to a warm corner, curl up in a ball and cry.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wiio&#x27;s_laws" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wiio&#x27;s_laws</a>