Who We Are. Why, Exactly, We Smell Like This.

About Satyr Satire

Satyr Satire was established by Benjamin Franklin. We cannot prove this and neither can you. We have been reporting the news ever since, with varying degrees of accuracy and a consistent commitment to the news fitting, whatever size it needs to fit.

Our editorial mission is to report events as they are described to us by people, or by AI pretending to be people, who are confident they have occurred. We do not independently verify whether confidence is warranted. We consider this approach efficient.

Satyr Satire is headquartered in a location we describe as "the center of everything." This phrase has aged poorly and it has never fully aged in any direction.

A Note on the Name

We are aware that the word satire does not derive from satyr. We have always been aware of this. We would like to note that we were aware of it before you were, which is not possible to verify but feels true.

The word satire comes from the Latin satura, meaning a full dish — a medley, a miscellany, a platter of mixed items. The satyr is a creature from Greek mythology: part man, part goat, associated with forests, wine, and a general atmosphere of poor decision-making. The two words share no etymological relationship. Scholars have confirmed this. We did not require confirmation.

We chose the satyr precisely because of the poor decision-making. We stand by the choice. We are not taking notes about the choice.

A Disclosure

Everything published in Satyr Satire is satirical fiction. No events depicted have occurred. No organizations or persons described have done what they are described as doing. No scientists have found what they are reported to have found. No naval commanders have invoked what they are reported to have invoked.

It includes everything else, without exception.

You are a fictional reader, reading fictional news, about fictional events, in a world that is proceeding more or less as described regardless. At least that is what we believe.

Editorial Standards

Satyr Satire holds its reporters to a high standard of earnestness. We do not editorialize. We do not correct spelling or grammar. We report what people say, and what they say is the story.

Corrections are issued when errors are confirmed. Errors are confirmed when they become impossible to deny. Satyr Satire has issued eleven corrections in its history. We are proud of this number.

All reporting is attributed to Staff Reporter. We suspect they may be AI. They prefer anonyminity.

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Satyr Satire is proud to partner with Forever Paper and Forever Ink, whose commitment to permanence is something we admire and could only dream of having. When the servers go down, the record stands. Benjamin Franklin believed this. It is printed on Forever Paper. We have a copy somewhere. We may also ask for barter trade, as long as it is untaxable.