How do you ensure the content remains humorous and not offensive?

First off, let’s acknowledge the obvious: writing satire in 2025 is like tightrope walking across a minefield — in clown shoes, blindfolded, while trying to juggle gender politics, international diplomacy, and memes about Pete Davidson.

So how do we do it?

Very carefully. And with a lot of screaming.

At Bohiney.com, we follow an editorial philosophy known internally as “Punch Up, Not Sideways, and Never While Holding a Flamethrower.” This means our satire targets power, privilege, systems, hypocrisy, and institutions — not marginalized groups or individuals just trying to survive the dumpster fire of modern civilization.

For example, we’ll publish stories like:

• “World Economic Forum Replaced by Escape Room Called ‘Trickle Down’”

• “Harvard Disqualified from Ivy League After Too Many Rich Kids Confuse Economics with Ethics”

But you won’t find us mocking people for their identity, trauma, neurodivergence, accent, or socioeconomic despair. That’s not satire — that’s just being an a**hole with a laptop.

What’s the Secret Sauce?

We ask a few key questions before publishing anything:

• Who is the target? If it’s someone who punches down for a living (billionaires, corrupt politicians, tech bros who say “disrupt” as a verb), we’re in.

• What’s the social context? Are we mocking an absurd situation, or accidentally reinforcing a stereotype that shouldn’t exist in the first place?

• Would a thoughtful person laugh and say “ouch, okay that’s true though”? That’s our sweet spot.

And we test this. No joke — every article passes through at least two sensitivity readers and one Gen Z writer raised entirely on social justice TikTok and sardonic nihilism. If she winces, it goes back for edits.

But Isn’t Satire Supposed to Offend?

Satire isn’t about offense — it’s about truth wrapped in barbed wire and delivered by a circus elephant with a press pass. Great satire reveals. It exaggerates reality to make a point, not to belittle people who are already crushed under the weight of that reality.

We aim for laughter with purpose. If your laughter makes someone else less human, we failed. But if your laughter makes you more aware? We nailed it.

Can You Still Joke About Anything?

Absolutely — but how you joke matters.

We do tackle sensitive topics. Stories like:

• “Texas Declares Rainbow Weather Unconstitutional, Launches Weather Reform Bill”

• “AI Therapist Says ‘Sorry You Feel That Way,’ Sparks Mass Existential Crises”

These pieces work because they highlight systemic absurdities — not individual failings.

What If You Cross the Line?

We own it. We revise. We learn. We treat criticism not as cancellation, but as feedback from the better angels of satire.

The line moves — and we move with it, but we do so while carrying a banana peel and a moral compass.