And he would know.

Satire is a great genre for literature. Not real life.

Love that man

Very funny author. Slightly formulaic but it was a brilliant formula. Read most of the disc world series & I'm not a fan of sci fi.

I met him once and shared some ale. A lovely man gone too soon.

Punching up vs punching down. Very simple.

One of the 20th century's greatest philosophers.

"I'm telling you, listen, a finite intellect, right, cannot by means of comparison reach the absolute truth of things, because being by nature indivisible, truth excludes the concepts of 'more' or 'less' so that nothing but truth itself can be the exact measure of truth. You bastards."

One of the wisest men of the twentieth century.

I reflect occasionally on what sort of discworld book PTerry would have crafted for the past few years we've lived... It would have been ironic, funny and cutting to the core, Trump would have tried to have it banned !

It's Sadism, not bullying.

Food for thought 💭

He was a great writer, and inspired so many.

💙💎💙💎 TERRY!! 💎💙💎💙 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

This is literally why all Con "comedy" fails. Like, when your entire schtick is laughing about folks getting SNAP benefits, it's just not funny.

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Terry Pratchett is a legend.

GNU PTerry

Shitty people punch down. True comedians punch up

Satire is black humour. Doesn't change anything. Ironie is the one that has hope in it.

Sorry, if anyone in the Trump administration is hurting, I'm laughing at them directly now. #whybecausefuckemthatswhy

We need more people like Sir Samuel Vimes in this world.

One of the greatest authors of our time. Everyone should be reading his stories, especially the Sam Vimes series. A great analogy for the melting pot we are supposed to be.

quis custodiet ipsos custodes

We watch each other.

Also Going Postal and Making Money. Making Money is an easy explanation as to how an economy should work. Money moving, not being hoarded by a few.

When I first read Going Postal as a teen, I didn't care much for it, but upon reading it again after a decade and change working in retail (especially at a store being eaten alive by private equity)? Oh man, it became one of my top favorite in the series.

As someone who was involved in the Internet in the early days, it was an instant favorite of mine. It is also a great story about grifters and how to spot them.

Agreed. They should use these in business classes.

The more people with money to spend beyond living expenses, the more jobs get created to meet the demand, and THOSE people spend money creating more jobs, etc.

The money keeps moving. And the asset is the people themselves.

Amen!

Exactly!

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GNU STP ❤️

Sadly not a quote by Terry Pratchett.

Miss you, Terry

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8yV... Comedians like Elon's buddy Dave Chappele.

This is why conservatives are never funny

Ahem, “comedian” Bill Maher.

Exactly!

Trump and Republicans are bullies. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2025/08/what...

Unless they're Nazis

I mean, this must be why the far right is so determined to be the victim class.

Well said!

Yes!

direction of punch matters

This encompasses ALL people. Do not revel in someone's pain, even if you do not agree with their politics.

So that’s a green light on this:

#GNUTerryPratchett

Tizzy Ent once said: If you have to be shitty to be funny, you just aren't funny.

In this day and age, it's difficult to find the satirical side of things when so much shite is happening...

Bullies get a kick out of doing that

You can tell this isn't really a Pratchett quote. Pratchett's anger, militant decency, humanism and empathies are all carefully directed. But his satirical comedy is aimed up, down, left, right, in all directions, all the time!

It goes w/o saying that MAGAts have no sense of humor & many probably think “satire” is a name of a stripper.

Another little tangential comment re: Terry & his work: I'm in the US, so I dont know, maybe Weatherwax is a more common name in the UK, but I'd never heard of it outside of Terry's Discworld novels. Years later I'm a nurse at a nursing home, and one day I've got a new patient - Mrs. Weatherwax!

He was great. RIP, Terry.

Absolute GOAT.

I've read some of his books and watched a movie made from one, but my ex read ALL of his books.

I OWN all his books!! 🤩 (In English, obvs, to treasure his brilliant use of language and imagery. Not my mothertongue) People who say they can't be bothered to read about magic and imaginary lands, most likely are at the sharp end of his satire.

I think I must be distantly related to Esme 🤔

My first introduction to the setting was the Discworld Adventure game when I was like 10. After playing it and it's sequel, I started reading all the books. After awhile, I began listening to his audiobooks when I began my stint in retail to stay sane during my shifts.

Eric Idle was the true Rincewind.

I had lunch with Terry once. That day is burned into my head and it was over 30 years ago.

Forever envious.

Going Postal, made by Sky about 15 years ago, is my go to film for the quiet days between Christmas and New Year. If you have not seen that one I highly recommend

I’m pretty sure that’s the one I saw.

I cant do that. Every movie based on a book I loved has been a disappointment.

I have read the book three times. I am a great Pratchett fan, and I still love the film. He was involved in making it and even has a cameo. Be brave. It is well worth it!

It is also an implicit argument for change.

I’m sorry but some of the magats got exactly what they voted for and yes, I’m laughing.

I'm MAGA and so far I'm getting mostly what I voted for. RFK is killing it. Never happier about how I voted.

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I'm exactly as concerned about that Epstein files as you are about keeping men out of women's sports.

Is RFK is killing it satire or a sad statement of facts?

Jesus Christ I feel bad for them…

Why?

They’re wearing the dumbass hat :/

Because they made choices that made them look like holocaust victims in pageant makeup

Please don't insult Holocaust victims with this comparison

Terry Pratchett 😍

You must be a lot of fun watching any Mel Brooks movies. Airplane Blazing Saddles Spaceballs History of the World or Sitting through a single episode of In Living Color Mad tv.🙄 We used to make fun of everybody. And we used to be able to laugh at ourselves

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Tell that to some high profile comedians who think no topic is off limits.

Confident most if not all trumpers are in terrible misery. Sorry. Fuck 'em.

THANK YOU FOR THIS, Mr. Takei. I have known people who don't know the difference;they riducule, for example victims of torture in American jails & when I call them on it tell me "You don't know how to laugh" or "My father taught me to laugh at serious things & be serious about non-serious things."

Thank you. Great reminder.

Humor is unauthorized truth

It is, however, completely fine to laugh at a person who is hurting when that person delights in inflicting the maximum possible amount of misery on others, and belongs to the regime. Laughing at that is fine. So is pointing. Pointing and laughing is encouraged. Hell, it's practically mandatory.

I tried looking up if he ever actually said that, and it looks like someone made it up on Tumblr, saying they remember he said something to that effect, and it just kind of blew up from there. Sources: www.reddit.com/r/quotes/com... angrylittlesliceofpizza.tumblr.com/post/1805825...

I did wonder, I can't imagine Terry putting it so blandly.

Thank you! People like you are the real heroes of the internet.

Well tbh, inspired by Terry Pratchett underneath wouldn't make it any less correct.

Terry Pratchett was a genius

Great quote by the great Terry Pratchett.

MAGA is too dumb to know they’re hurting and I will always laugh at them. They destroyed our country. 🤬

Humor requires intelligence. Its why the republican is the punchline never the comedian.

Mr Pratchett was a wise man👍

Sadly a misattributed quote, but right whingers will claim that "the media" that promotes "leftism" is "in power" - except CPB has been defunded and is ceasing operation before the end of the year, and anything to the left of fascism is "leftism". Fox News is still the biggest "news" cable channel.

GNU Terry Pratchett

Yep, Ricky Gervais is a bully (and an arsehole)

Problem with this is the maggots could use it to say we're "hurting them" (so bullying them) when we're being sarcastic/satirical/joking/nasty towards them. Do they have a point? I don't fucking care. I'm just pointing out the statement could be used that way too.

What a combo Awesome actor posting awesome author! nice

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My favourite author ever

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That's the difference between Maga and sane empathetic people. The former laugh at the weak that can't push back. The latter laugh at the rich and powerful knowing that they will try to push back. Laughing at the poor doesn't help anyone, but laughing at the powerful weakens their influence.

You can explain every waking moment explaining to maga why almost no comedians take the side of the guy with all the money and power and make fun of him instead. And they still won't get it.

It's just like how hating someone for who they are is wrong because innate traits can't be chosen. Hating those who do hate others for who they are isn't wrong because they made a conscious choice and should be accountable for it.

I get what you're getting at, but what counts as a conscious choice? Can you measure persons consciousness?

Punching down. An extremely horrific form of bro humor.

Yes! (I'm reposting this. Thanks).

Agree