• Nusm
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    6814 days ago

    I can’t tell anymore what’s true and what’s parody.

    • Diplomjodler
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      2114 days ago

      Satire is meaningless when reality is far more absurd than anything a writer could ever come up with.

      • Regna
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        714 days ago

        We all said that eight years ago as well. Somehow it’s gotten even worse this time around.

        • @orbitz@lemmy.ca
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          314 days ago

          I recall that sentiment during the Tangerine Turd’s first term as well from comedy writers. Like how can you make satire when it’s probably been discussed at the oval office? That alone should make any citizen think about what brought on that situation, but if it didn’t the first time, sure as hell won’t do anything for the believers now. Unfortunately it makes for a poor situation when it happens to the country with the biggest military on the planet.

  • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    3814 days ago

    I swallowed that fucker whole, but I’m about 92% sure that within 4 years, this headline will have become reality.

    • @S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      14 days ago

      At this point is an oracle rather than a comical publication. I remember some years ago they said we gonna deplete our Miley Cyrus reserves.

    • @orbitz@lemmy.ca
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      114 days ago

      I give it a year, but I’m usually wrong heh. Tiny snowflakes that are richer than anyone. You’d think being that rich you could learn to laugh it off, or at least afford therapy that teaches you that skill, even if it takes a billion dollars cause you’re such a huge dick.

  • @buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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    2114 days ago

    The fact that I had to double check and make sure that this is actually an Onion article and not something real bespeaks what a fucked up world we live in now.

    • @1984@lemmy.today
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      214 days ago

      I thought it was real and it didnt surprise me. Guess my view of America has changed a lot lately.

  • Nemean_lion
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    1514 days ago

    I can already see her standing behind the podium with a grey uniform on.

  • _cryptagion [he/him]
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    1214 days ago

    It’s getting harder and harder to tell without looking at the comm which stories are Onions or not.

  • @LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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    “Yes, Mr. President, we can designate putting too much vermouth in a martini as Domestic Terrorism, and this will give us an excuse to arrest people without a warrant and send them to Gitmo indefinitely without a court order.”

    “Do it.”