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RainCaster

(10,866 posts)
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:22 PM Jun 2018

Can we mark ONION posts please?

That fine line between sarcasm and reality is getting too narrow. Could we agree to start all Onion posts with ONION: please?

I love seeing their stuff, really. But reality is getting too close to sarcasm IMO. Could we mark it as such just to save us old timers from an occasional coronary? Please?
Thank you.

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drray23

(7,627 posts)
1. it is true that sometimes you have to ask yourself if its satire.
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:23 PM
Jun 2018

Its no longer obvious with Trump and his Ilk. Everything is possible.

greyl

(22,990 posts)
5. What's your question?
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:29 PM
Jun 2018

The answer is yes. And by yes, I mean no.

One should always be on guard when reading stuff online, and never assume it is what it says it is.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
6. I thought you'd been briefed
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:34 PM
Jun 2018

The Onion stopped running satirical news on November 9, 2016. We're in an era when a failed game-show host is in the White House, the Republican Party thinks it's okay that he colluded with the Russians to steal the election, and a third of all millennials think the earth is flat. How can you possibly make up anything more bizarre than the current reality?

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
9. I feel bad for outfits such as The Onion. They've got nothing on reality these days.
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 03:07 AM
Jun 2018

How do you top the madness that is today's Republican Party?

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