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[ChairmanPoo]

A journalist quipped a couple of days ago than all this is "Stranger Things" for Basque millennials. Everything reminds us of our childhood :p


Btw: did I mention that the king (jr. Because we have two now) doubled down on the PP party line of "The Catalonians have it coming, go get em boyZ!"?
And I thought his father (who was basically a bland version of Robert Baratheon) was bad. Sweet jebus.
Edit: I should have remembered that after Robert Baratheon came Joffrey

[ChairmanPoo]

I feel less and less able to give opinions on what´s going on because I feel more and more angry about the central goverment´s actions, what´s going on, the king´s speech, and the surprisingly high number of people in Castile and Andalusia that actually support what they´re doing to the Catalonians.  If anyone wonders why nationalism is on the rise in some regions, well, there you are.


Anyhow: I don´t actually know how many people here speak Spanish, but a satyrical Catalonian TV show made a very sharp and funny criticism of current events, so if you do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO2G8b5kE_w

[Helgoland]

satyrical

Intriguing. Do elaborate.

[hector13]

satyrical

Intriguing. Do elaborate.

Best not, I'm sure tales of bestiality are against the rules.

[Helgoland]

satyrical

Intriguing. Do elaborate.

Beast not, I'm sure tales of bestiality are against the rules.

FTFY.

[ChairmanPoo]

It's a satire of a Catalonian song called "El Muerto Vivo" ("The Living dead), about a guy who goes out on a drinking binge and is presumed dead, but shows up later at his own funeral.  In this version they sing about General Franco being presumed dead, but "showing up" metaphorically in contemporary Spanish politics.

[Arx]

Plot twist, though, that is actually where the term "satire" comes from. A satyr play, devilishly mischievious.

[martinuzz]

Nope. Satire comes from the Latin word 'satur', wich means 'full, miscellaneous', and is completely unrelated to the satyr from Greek mythology.

[ChairmanPoo]

Nope. Satire comes from the Latin word 'satur', wich means 'full, miscellaneous', and is completely unrelated to the satyr from Greek mythology.

But if you cheek the entry for satire you find this, interestingly enough:

In Roman Mythology there is a concept similar to satyrs, with goat-like features: the faun, being half-man, half-goat, who roamed the woods and mountains.[5] In myths they are often associated with pipe-playing. Greek-speaking Romans often used the Greek term saturos when referring to the Latin faunus, and eventually syncretized the two.

[martinuzz]

Which led to confusion, and angry faces from Saturnus worshippers

[ChairmanPoo]

Saturnus whorshippers are a bunch of bigots. Who cares what they think.
#punchaSaturnusworshipper

[hector13]

Ahaha jokes on you this isn’t the AmeriPol thread.

... or am I just being rubbish and the punch-a-[insert group you disagree with here] is also a thing in Europe too?

[ChairmanPoo]

Punching people you disagree with is a thing everywhere. Punching people you disagree with his been something happening far longer than not punching people you disagree with. 

[hector13]

As a meme, I mean.

[smjjames]

As a meme, I mean.

As an internet meme? Probably as long as the internet has been around....