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by sorenjan 1 day ago
Sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from reality.
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Ages ago when writing.com was first modernizing its site, they started by hiding story content to display a spinner, waiting a second or two, then re-displaying the content. It was on the page the whole time, they just made it look like it was loading in the background.
I remember doing this as a kid making my first website. I thought it looked more "professional"
https://medium.com/luminasticity/on-the-triumph-of-satire-fa...

"Satire isn’t dead.

Satire won.

This is what it looks like from inside, looking out. "