I got a fucking heart attack. Took me WAY too long to realize it was a joke, only after I read the first paragraph on that "patreon news" page. Fuck, that instant realization that the owners of f95 just sold their asses to patreon, which probably means that this site will no longer be a pirate site, hit me right in the soul. I mean, it's not an unrealistic thing to happen, honestly. Remember tumblr literally killing itself because they wanted investor money?
Fuck, that was REALLY scary.
You fell for it when it led to the Patreon website
I mean, yeah, a whole site for a single joke. And it actually has several other articles as well. So much effort. And it worked.