The world has become too absurd to be satirized.

The great English writer, G.K. Chesterton,

said that way back in 1911,

long before math was considered racist,

and biological men were allowed to compete against women and sports.

One can only imagine what he would say if he were alive today.

At the Babylon B, where we write satire for a living,

we're feeling Chesterton's pain in a big way.

Just look at these headlines that were satirical at the time we wrote them.

On May 9, 2017, we ran this headline.

2 plus 2 equals 4, and cis clothes minded bigot.

That was a joke, of course.

But on August 10, 2020,

the Washington Examiner published this story.

Math professor claims equation 2 plus 2 equals 4,

reeks of white supremacist patriarchy.

On August 13, 2020, we ran this headline.

BLM writers awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

At the time we thought this was obvious satire,

but on January 29, 2021,

this story was published in the Guardian.

Black Lives Matter movement nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.

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