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35. The star one's probably my favorite Onion article in awhile. (nt)

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Mon Aug 12, 2013, 06:10 PM

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HILARIOUS! When people mistake "The Onion" for real news [View all] eissa Aug 2013 OP

These are hilarious deutsey Aug 2013 #1

I want to laugh but progressoid Aug 2013 #7

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

That was one of the laughs for me. deutsey Aug 2013 #40

No comment.... Little Star Aug 2013 #2

wait, i don't understand... Enrique Aug 2013 #3

I am confused by that as well dbackjon Aug 2013 #20

What's REALLY funny to me... RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #34

K & R. n/t FSogol Aug 2013 #4

Ahhh FB.... shining a spotlight on the stupid. Marrah_G Aug 2013 #5

You mean "stupied" nt eissa Aug 2013 #6

lol, " The Onion is a joke newspaper " sufrommich Aug 2013 #9

Ha! sakabatou Aug 2013 #10

To be fair, some of those stories are no longer impossible; irony really is dead GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #11

Maybe not in YOUR neighborhood... Shrike47 Aug 2013 #26

These people vote. HughBeaumont Aug 2013 #12

I'm not so sure about that RZM Aug 2013 #37

I seriously hope some of those responses are just jokes as well RedCappedBandit Aug 2013 #13

Especially the people freaking out over the sufrommich Aug 2013 #14

Regarding Stephen Hawking... RedCappedBandit Aug 2013 #15

That one was my favorite along with eissa Aug 2013 #16

Did you notice that one of the guys posting the abortionplex sufrommich Aug 2013 #18

Yes! Didn't surprise me at all eissa Aug 2013 #19

Thank you! ellie Aug 2013 #17

oh those are funny and sort of disturbing too azurnoir Aug 2013 #21

Put his name for searches: John Fleming, Republican, Louisiana congressman Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #22

Read the rest of the entries. That's how he got elected. HughBeaumont Aug 2013 #38

The best are deadpan: "Scientists trace heat wave to star at center of solar system". Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #23

The star one's probably my favorite Onion article in awhile. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #35

Want a laugh? Phillyindy Aug 2013 #24

LOL. If I were a writer for the Onion... Jerry442 Aug 2013 #25

I've always thought the person who manages their inbox has the best job in the world. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #36

How come we never saw Obama and BinLadin at the same time? Huh??? Shrike47 Aug 2013 #27

that's a big bowl of funny nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #28

I'm dying laughing at this. Just Saying Aug 2013 #29

Its the mstinamotorcity2 Aug 2013 #31

And then there were the DUers who took this seriously Fumesucker Aug 2013 #32

Oh, my! nt tblue37 Aug 2013 #43

Easy to see how so many fall for Rush, Bill-O, Sean, and the rest. AndyA Aug 2013 #33

And the inverse. More than once I've thought I was reading something from The Onion only Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #39

K&R....Thanks eissa for posting this. red dog 1 Aug 2013 #41

The best ones are the ones who argue with the tblue37 Aug 2013 #42