Historically, satire was used as a tool to ridicule the ridiculous -- especially the actions of people in power that were designed to serve their self-interests, and the tendency of the people to unquestioningly accept them.

But gradually, through improvements in the mind control sciences by the global oligarchy, the actions of leaders became so ridiculous, and the tendency of people to unquestioningly accept them so pervasive, that "reality" itself began to resemble a satire.  The world had become a place where warmongers were awarded Nobel Peace Prizes without inspiring laughter; a place where psychopaths were revered and admired as successful leaders of industry and government; a place where people routinely imbibed and injected poisons and hailed them as miracles; a place where scientists meekly accepted whatever they were taught as absolute truth, smugly dismissing or ignoring any inconsistencies.

Public relations experts call this phenomenon the "new farcical reality", a term coined by CDC overlord Dr. Tom "FlimFlam" Frieden in 2014, when 99% of the entire world population hopped on board the Ebola ship, which had set sail earlier that year in a beeline course for the Land of Voluntary Tyranny.

"In spite of several similar operations that had previously been exposed as hoaxes, nearly everyone swallowed the 'Ebolie' hook, line and sinker," laughed Dr. FlimFlam, speaking from his retirement estate on a private island near Fiji.  "People we once feared would kill us if we tried to force them to submit to quarantines and vaccines were suddenly criticizing us for not locking people up and cranking out vaccines fast enough.  We actually sent combat troops to Africa to fight a germ, and no one so much as raised an eyebrow.  The entire operation was one of unprecedented hilarity."

Understandably, the new farcical reality can be confusing for the 99% of the population who are not in on the joke.  After years of living in a world bombarded by satire masquerading as serious news and information, many people, especially the fully vaccinated and fluoridated and the television addicted, are simply unable to understand the concept anymore.

In response to the comedic crisis, the Global Ministry of Silliness has released The Citizens' Guide to Satire, designed to assist people in distinguishing between satire and real news.

The guidelines are straightforward and easily understandable.  In a nutshell, everything emanating from an official expert or mainstream media source should be interpreted as real news, not satire, unless it is accompanied by a prominent black box "satire" warning, a laugh track, or a chuckle from the newscaster accompanied by a red-letter "satire" disclaimer flashed on the screen.  In the event of uncertainty, the Ministry of Silliness has opened a free emergency satire hotline accessible worldwide, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

As a reminder to comedians and media, satire has been required by law to be clearly identified as such since 2016, when a major shakeup occurred in Detroit after a rogue satire news story reported that residents would be entitled to receive free water for a lifetime if they deposited their first-born son on the doorstep of their local police station by midnight.  It took nearly 5 years to identify all the unclaimed boys, and put a halt to the nonstop complaints of citizens wondering why they were still getting a water bill.