Spotting BOROWITZ titles before opening threads. First time fooled by a NON-Borowitz.

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Over the past couple of years when DUers post a BOROWITZ title in the subject line without attribution there (some counter-intuitive premise about SHITLER, something too good to be true), I've gotten to be able to spot Teh BOROWITZ before opening the thread.

Lately, I've fallen for the trap, not spotting BOROWITZ, but just a couple of times.

This O.P. title, about a slave trader's statue being toppled and thrown into a river, is the first time I thought it was BOROWITZ when it wasn't, from DUer bigtree, https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213562359#post35 "Protesters Say Statue Tripped, Fell Into Water".

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1. When I saw that

I was certain some witty individual had actually told authorities that was how it happened. I was actually disappointed that it was Borowitz (it was still terrific, however).

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2. It's *not* Andy. It's somebody called "Paul Musgrave @profmusgrave"!1

But the BOROWITZ thing is definitely a DU/GD phenom!1

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3. OOPS! My bad.

He's got a bright future in satire.

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4. I feel ya. Borowitz and The Onion can barely stay ahead of reality right now

It's mind blowing.