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In reply to the discussion: HILARIOUS! When people mistake "The Onion" for real news [View all]Phillyindy
(406 posts)24. Want a laugh?
Subscribe to various tea party and right wing websites like Human Events. In between their daily articles about Obama loving terrorists and hating babies, you'll get the most hilarious "sponsor" emails from their advertisers selling everything from magical beans that cure cancer to survival packs for the coming apocalypse to a never ending barrage of "secret get rich quick" scams.
These people on the right are fucking idiots, every last one of them.
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Yeah, I do veer back and forth between laughter and despair when I read these n/t
deutsey
Aug 2013
#8
I like the "Wolf attacks are leading cause of death" ...and then the guy gets pissed about it. !!
BlueJazz
Aug 2013
#30
To be fair, some of those stories are no longer impossible; irony really is dead
GiaGiovanni
Aug 2013
#11
Put his name for searches: John Fleming, Republican, Louisiana congressman
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2013
#22
The best are deadpan: "Scientists trace heat wave to star at center of solar system".
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2013
#23
I've always thought the person who manages their inbox has the best job in the world. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2013
#36
And the inverse. More than once I've thought I was reading something from The Onion only
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#39