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Originally Posted by Glenn.

Yeah, but just knowing the definition isn't really the issue here, is it?
It's whether that picture actually did any of that – you know, properly used humour or irony to make a smart point.

Lots of stuff gets called 'satire' but just ends up missing the mark or comes off as a straight-up dig instead of being clever. It's more about if it works than just what the dictionary says.

I think the joke is they (the developers) chose to put the parade in the game probably amusingly under the guise to "increase representation", but full well knowing what might actually happen with that from the player's end... so that's irony in itself.

Everything is fair game in GTA, similar to South Park, so it's the worst place to find representation, imo. People play it for the shock factor. It would be a bit silly for people to be bothered by it now when the player is encouraged to blow up prostitutes and run over innocent people "for the fun in it".

Grand Theft Auto 6 has a chance to fix the franchise’s terrible record on LGBTQ+ representation
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/...epresentation/

GTA V’s exploration of Trevor’s sexuality was problematic

In GTA V, one of the three playable characters, Trevor, was depicted as bisexual, with explicit references made to sexual encounters with men. But as the most violently psychopathic and unstable of the game’s protagonists, these references often appeared to be used more for shock factor than as a fully realised part of his identity.