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greatauntoftriplets

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28. This is the second time today that the Onion got me.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:57 PM

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Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia [View all] milestogo Jul 14 OP

Black satire_ well done. Permanut Jul 14 #1

I had to check the link. niyad Jul 14 #2

Me, too. synni Jul 14 #6

Me, too... problem is, it sounded so much LIKE something slightlv Jul 14 #10

I can actually picture dump saying those things MustLoveBeagles Jul 14 #3

I can't - I can't imagine him knowing enough about ancient Greece to refer to it. soldierant Jul 14 #18

Oh, that's funny! electric_blue68 Jul 15 #31

"It's time to look forward - not backward." harumph Jul 14 #4

I smelled onions right away. usonian Jul 14 #5

Thought it was something I_UndergroundPanther Jul 14 #7

LOL Prairie Gates Jul 14 #8

How bad it's got? I read the first paragraph before I figured out it was from the onion. OverBurn Jul 14 #9

That God-Damn piece of walking garbage. WTF is next. Rape is fun? chouchou Jul 14 #11

Please notice this was The .Onion. One had to check the link. niyad Jul 14 #12

Boy! That's a "Tell" I truly wasn't that surprised at what he (supposedly) said. chouchou Jul 14 #13

Like you, and everyone else in this thread, I could easily see him SAYING it niyad Jul 14 #24

Kick dalton99a Jul 14 #14

Sadly, those are not even the creepiest ones. niyad Jul 14 #25

He started with his own daughter--- then he moved on, when she got 'too old' Jack Valentino Jul 15 #33

... orleans Jul 14 #15

Exactly. niyad Jul 14 #26

He MorbidButterflyTat Jul 15 #29

What makes you think the onion is still joking anymore just because it once did? ancianita Jul 14 #16

Not amused Chilopsis Jul 14 #17

I'm not "amused" really either, but I don't think that was the intent anyway. harumph Jul 14 #19

NOBODY is finding this "amusing", so kindly skip the morality lecture. niyad Jul 14 #27

The Onion is now a source of social and political commentary. Aussie105 Jul 14 #20

Satire sometimes pales in comparison as of late. B.See Jul 14 #21

That so many of us Mossfern Jul 14 #22

Satire: Still dead. Aristus Jul 14 #23

This is the second time today that the Onion got me. greatauntoftriplets Jul 14 #28

He may have unlimited get out of jail free cards, but we're not letting him get away with this one! Initech Jul 15 #30

FAKE 'ONION"--- more likely from the Trump propaganda department... Jack Valentino Jul 15 #32