I never flag my satire as parody or use the sarcasm off/on thing. If people take it seriously I consider it self-identification that they either don’t get parody or are just too dumb to understand. Either way, it’s good info to have. ;-)
Bingo.
“If people take it seriously I consider it self-identification that they either don’t get parody or are just too dumb to understand.”
or simply have zero sense of humor, so are unable to recognize parody and satire ... one group that has almost no sense of humor are the hard leftists ...