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ModernMajorGeneral posted:Oh my god Oh man. Just absolutely gently caress you and then everything else after that.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:It's a metaphor. A brilliant, savage metaphor. I understand that, but what the gently caress? The Onion just gets more and more brutal.
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The problem is, their subtle satire keeps coming true. In order to stay ahead of the game, they have to be increasingly extreme: http://www.theonion.com/articles/rnc-builds-levee-out-of-poor-people-to-protect-con,29337/?ref=auto
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Mad_Lion posted:The problem is, their subtle satire keeps coming true. In order to stay ahead of the game, they have to be increasingly extreme: I call that and raise you GOP Convention To Feature Strong Lineup Of Conservative Women Listeners.
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People were fooled by a satirical Web site that isn't the Onion, for once. The much-smaller Daily Currant started a ruckus with this story: Todd Akin Claims Breastmilk Cures Homosexuality. It went over Twitter like wildfire, and was posted by Web sites as actual news. Always check the source! A bogus cure from the Onion: Revolutionary New Homophobia Immersion Therapy Involves Lowering Patient Into Tank Of Gays.
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Neil Armstrong Becomes 115 Billionth Man To Die On Earth Strongside/Weakside: Gabby Douglas (this may be my favorite regular feature of theirs) LARGE THE HEAD has a new favorite as of 10:06 on Aug 29, 2012 |
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jojoinnit posted:I call that and raise you GOP Convention To Feature Strong Lineup Of Conservative Women Listeners. It's a shame there's so much partisan stuff lately. It only takes a slight whiff of smugness, or indulgence, to kill the humour, for me at least.
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I loved Ann Romney Asks For Divorce so much, if only for the amazing closing line about Mitt Romney's reaction.
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New American Voices: Will.i.am To Debut New Song On Mars. "It was nice of them to wait for Neil Armstrong to die before doing this."
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Eggbeater Jesus posted:New American Voices: Will.i.am To Debut New Song On Mars. The Onion can get as dark as they want, but I personally can't imagine anything much more depressing or inane then debuting a tepid pop song on a barren, lifeless planet.
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Bob Nudd posted:It's a shame there's so much partisan stuff lately. It only takes a slight whiff of smugness, or indulgence, to kill the humour, for me at least. Normally I would agree, but with Representative Akin's biology lessons and the Republican National Convention, it would be a dereliction of comedic duty to try to keep it balanced right now.
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Bob Nudd posted:It's a shame there's so much partisan stuff lately. It only takes a slight whiff of smugness, or indulgence, to kill the humour, for me at least. The Onion definitely leans left a bit, but this the week of the Republican convention. Expect some Democrat-satirizing when the other convention is happening. McCain, Feingold Co-Sponsor Chain Of Integrity-Themed Eateries
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Eggbeater Jesus posted:New American Voices: Will.i.am To Debut New Song On Mars. I liked "If anyone's going to like will.i.am's new song, it's rocks."
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Oh this is fantastic. Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department quote:CHEYENNE, WY—After attempting to contain a living-room blaze started by a cigarette, card-carrying Libertarian Trent Jacobs reluctantly called the Cheyenne Fire Department Monday. "Although the community would do better to rely on an efficient, free-market fire-fighting service, the fact is that expensive, unnecessary public fire departments do exist," Jacobs said. "Also, my house was burning down." Jacobs did not offer to pay firefighters for their service.
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Bob Nudd posted:It's a shame there's so much partisan stuff lately. It only takes a slight whiff of smugness, or indulgence, to kill the humour, for me at least. I agree, usually they balance partisanship off with absurdity but articles about throwing nuts at a black woman and yelling "this is how we feed animals" and shouting down a Puerto Rican delegate for not being American enough were way over the line.
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Farbtoner posted:I agree, usually they balance partisanship off with absurdity but articles about throwing nuts at a black woman and yelling "this is how we feed animals" and shouting down a Puerto Rican delegate for not being American enough were way over the line. Correction: it was two GOP attendees who were throwing nuts at a black camerawoman.
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Farbtoner posted:I agree, usually they balance partisanship off with absurdity but articles about throwing nuts at a black woman and yelling "this is how we feed animals" and shouting down a Puerto Rican delegate for not being American enough were way over the line.  These are real  Young Freud you should click those links, I almost did what you did. edit: well not exactly what you did, but I did assume he was actually linking Onion articles which is what I assumed you were doing.
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BREAKING: John McCain Just Blew His Brains Out During RNC Speech I was offended by this until I actually read the article. quote:“My friends, I’m not going to be around much longer, so I want to tell you this,” said McCain, a decorated Vietnam war hero. “I am for same-sex marriage if it’s implemented in an incremental way that makes sense. I am for a woman’s right to choose. I believe that human beings have caused this planet to overheat, and that those of you ignoring this issue should be ashamed of yourselves. Immigrants who arrived here as children should be given a path to citizenship. And the income gap in this country is unacceptable. I have always believed these things. And I also believe that this party’s hard turn to the right is detrimental to the well-being and progress of this entire country.”
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Someone should craft a facebook post where you put up 4 headlines, 2 from the onion and those two previously mentioned, and have your friends guess which are which.
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Thanks to the Onion, Thursday is my favorite day of the week. Sex House Episode 8
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Lysidas posted:Thanks to the Onion, Thursday is my favorite day of the week. Holy... gently caress.
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Lysidas posted:Thanks to the Onion, Thursday is my favorite day of the week. holy poo poo 
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There's a reason that the Onion is focusing pretty much solely on the Republicans at the moment and it's not because they are "partisan." It's because the Democrats at the moment are your standard crooked crony politicians, pretty boring as far as political humor goes. Republicans on the other hand have been literally maliciously evil for a while now, doing so many outrageously terrible things that you have to find a way to laugh at them, otherwise you'd just go into deep depression as you think about how awful everything is.
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Holy loving hell Sex House is wonderful and I love it. I love the Onion so much.Shimrra Jamaane posted:There's a reason that the Onion is focusing pretty much solely on the Republicans at the moment and it's not because they are "partisan." It's because the Democrats at the moment are your standard crooked crony politicians, pretty boring as far as political humor goes. Republicans on the other hand have been literally maliciously evil for a while now, doing so many outrageously terrible things that you have to find a way to laugh at them, otherwise you'd just go into deep depression as you think about how awful everything is. USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
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Here's an article laughing at liberals/people who live in reality regarding Paul Ryan's bullshit speech: Valiant Fact-Checkers Once Again Save American Political System From Descending Into Corruption
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Best They Could Get Accepts Republican Nomination The point is pretty boring, but the writing reminds me a bit of David Foster Wallace.
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It's sad that this was more than just a headline...The Onion posted:Overweight Tattooed Nerd Girl Working At Forbidden Planet A Fantasy Sex Object To Hundreds Of Customers Apparently, there's a whole series on comic book nerds... quote:Some Poor Writer To Give Moon Knight Another Shot quote:Movie Industry Admits 'The Avengers' Really Only Made About $8 Million Nationwide, Tops quote:'Check Out This Dope-rear end Marv Wolfman Interview I Found Online,' Area Man Actually Says Out Loud quote:Exasperated Mother Finally Throws Out Musty Comic Book Collector quote:Virginity Still In Mint Condition quote:'You Liked Maus And Persepolis, Though,' Man Tries To Plead With Friend Who Isn't Comics Fan quote:Weird Glitch Causing 'The Amazing Spiderman' To Reboot In Middle Of Movie
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quote:Virginity Still In Mint Condition And now for content. This one is an oldie, but it's golden: Church Group Offers Homosexual New Life In Closet
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:BREAKING: John McCain Just Blew His Brains Out During RNC Speech I was calling for that in 2008
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redmercer posted:I was calling for that in 2008 poo poo, that was a Robert Smigel was on that train of thought in 2004.
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"I just want to be clear: all the Clippers are dead." Gets me every time.
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A great American Voices: Clint Eastwood Gives Bizarre Speech.
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Jonny Angel posted:"I just want to be clear: all the Clippers are dead." The last line just made me laugh like crazy for no reason. Eli Manning tears his ACL while playing with his Skip It.
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Brother Jonathan posted:A great American Voices: Clint Eastwood Gives Bizarre Speech. The best part of that is the picture/name/occupation on the last 2.  Gerald Moskowitz Grinding Wheel Inspector and  Marshall Wattles Acrobatic Rigger
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The Weekly World News is a lot less consistent than The Onion, but every once in a while they come up with something cute. For instance, Obama Buys Eastwood Chair.
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Baron von Eevl posted:The best part of that is the picture/name/occupation on the last 2. They are always coming up with funny ones. Just going through the recent ones:
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My Great-Grandfather Started This Business With One Simple Mission That We Abandoned Decades Ago This totally nails the business climate since the '80s.
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