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Despite the fact that “you can’t believe everything you read online” being common knowledge (and sense) basically since the inception of the internet, millions of people still find ways to fail the very simple test of not publicly reacting to obviously not-real stories.
We’ve gathered some hilarious examples of people taking a satirical “news story” at face value and writing exasperated comments. So get comfortable as you scroll through, remember to always double check information, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts in the comments below.
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#1
Many Onions Being Eaten Here
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Fake
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The Gay Ant That Makes You Gay
While it might seem positively archaic now, the Onion was actually founded as a print newspaper in 1988, in Madison, Wisconsin. This means there are some folks out there in the Midwest who probably still have physical, pre-internet copies of the Onion. That itself sounds like a joke or prank, yet here we are.
It only moved to New York in 2001, with its debut edition coming out on the 27th of September of that year. It mostly focused on the September 11 attacks, and ended up driving a lot of attention and traffic to its web version, which to this day remains what the Onion is best known for.
#4
Hannes Can't Trust Media Anymore Because Of The Onion
#5
Onion Recycled It But Never Short Of Onion Eaters
#6
Google AI Eat The Whole Websites
If the idea of a print version of the Onion is still shocking, five years later after their New York debut, they had a circulation of over 500,000, which no doubt led to a lot of very confused looks from passersby for folks enjoying the paper on the subway or in a park. Unfortunately, screenshots only exist online, so there were probably many hilarious moments that were lost to the ages.
#7
Maga Moron Nonsense
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
If it's a tautology when you use two words that have the same meaning, what is it called when you use three ?
#8
Finally
#9
Dogg And Cat
#10
This Post Surprisingly Isn't Satire
Regina Holt 9 months ago
I'm extremely angry that tRump threw a fit and got his way about the flag being half staff never before being flown at half staff for a presidential inauguration. When Nixon was inaugurated, flags were at half staff to honor the death of former President Harry Truman who passed away on December 26th.
#11
A Refreshingly Harmless Chomp
#12
The Halfway Post Is Satire
#13
Reddit Bites Deep When It Comes To Confirming Their Own Biases
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
Who would have thought it, that a man of God would be interested in things of this world like money?
#14
Concerning
#15
On The Literal Onion Sub No Less!
#17
Got A Live One - Seen This In Several Subs Now
Learner Panda 9 months ago
At what point will they attend a fertility clinic to find out why they haven't conceived?
Leah Brown 9 months ago
Right after she has her first "immaculately conceived" child.
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Michael Largey 9 months ago
Since it was illegal for them to vote before they turned 18, it should be doubly illegal for them to do it after.
Bob Keating 9 months ago
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:24 KJV). Not much cleaving going on there, eh?
Corvus 9 months ago (edited)
And if you willfully abstain from a threesome, it would be triple-holy ;)
#18
Phone = Bad
#19
Out Of His Everything Mind?
Sleepy children love Moon 9 months ago
to be honest this is actually believable with the way the country is going right now. with all the possible bills that are being introduced, this is not the craziest one
#20
Checkmate, Atheists
#21
Irish Onions Are The Best Kind Of Onions
#22
Farty
#23
Some People Just Don’t Get The Appeal
CP 9 months ago
"Well that's just your opinion" is far too often a retort people act like should be taken seriously. People think saying it is "my opinion" is some sort of suit of armor that protects your opinion from being scrutinized. I find it odd. If your opinion has no basis in reality, it should be challenged.
#24
That's A Big Bite
#25
They Ate The Onion
#26
Because R/Fingeredtheclickhole Isn’t A Thing
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
No one is buying squirrel meat because it's never seen for sale - I blame the Democrats, who must have eaten it all !
#27
This Is Just Sad
keyboardtek 9 months ago
I like the idea of a weed smoking patio though. As for sex before marriage lounge, we had sex in every room before we were married!
#28
Whoosh
#29
A Little Deranged
#30
AI Does Not Get The Concept Of Satire At All
#31
S. *. *. T
#32
What A Sick Man
#33
Ate The Coal And The Onion
#34
At Least It's Half Taken Seriously
#35
Who Needs Brakes Anyway
The Scout 9 months ago
This is more or less what Musk does to every part of American life by now. Nuclear safety? Defense? Flight Safety? All optional, because they do not immediately bring him money. Financial Regulations had to end because they were actively denying him one of his financial plans, so now the problem is solved. As does defunding NASA, as that leaves SpaceX as only remaning space provider. Nothing political about it, it is just business.
#37
Twitter's AI Ate The Onion
#38
He Was So Close To Getting It
#39
The First Time I've Ever Seen Someone Throw Up The Onion Rather Than Eat It
Tamra 9 months ago
For those who don't know: Alex Jones, a right-wing nut job, owned InfoWars, where he talked about various conspiracy theory bull$hit, kissed Trump's a$$, and perhaps worst of all, claimed the Sandy Hook mass shooting was staged and fake. The parents of the children who died sued him, and the judge ruled in their favor to the tune of $1.5 billion. In order to raise funds, Jones put InfoWars up for sale. One of the top bidders was The Onion, backed by the parents of the children from Sandy Hook.
#40
Wtffhfhdhdj! I Don’t Understand Why Disney Would Do This 😢. Disney In 2024 Needs To Be Stopped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#41
Getting Stunged By The Babylonbee To Dunk On The Doomers
michael Chock 9 months ago
It's only the peak for the privileged. Health care profiteering used to be illegal, consumer protections were a thing, women in Iran used to wear bikinis to the beach, the pledge of allegiance didn't used to mention God, people in their 20s could own houses, college took 2 years to pay off, news outlets used to lose their licenses for misinformation...
#42
The Daily Mail Took Natalie Portman's Snl Rap Lyrics As A Truthful Account Of Her Time At College
#44
Ate The Obvious Plant
#45
Apparently Trump Is Gonna K**l Tom Hanks If He Wins
#46
God Would Never Curse🤮🤮🤮
#47
The Account That Commented This Is Ran By AI. Even AI Ate The Onion
#48
Why Though
#49
Gop Is Still Weird But They Fell For The Halfway Post
#50
Reposted To A Sub That Makes Fun Of The Downfall Of Society… I Guess They Are Part Of The Problem
#51
How Strange
General Anaesthesia 9 months ago (edited)
But the Continental Army captured British North-American airports in 1776, said DJ "I know more about everything than anyone" Trump. General Cornwallis complained about those losses in tapped telephone calls to his wife.
#52
Onions Are Delicious
#54
I'm Sure We Have, But Come On
#55
Toby Turner Apparently Eats The Onion
#56
Clayton Calls Bullshit On Tragedy Of 42 Million Victims
#57
Extra Burnt
#58
"Investigative Journalism" It Its Finest, Ladies And Gentlemen
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
We all mourn the 6 million civilian Jews who died in Europe in Hitler's war. It's just that some of us are also beginning to mourn the many Palestinian civilians who died more recently
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Tucker Cahooter 9 months ago
Well, the way things are f**ked up now, it's becoming harder and harder to tell what is a joke and what is real e.g. "Trump Wants Canada to be the 51st State", "Musk Gives All Federal Employees 48 Hours To Send Him a List of Everything They Did Last Week, Or Be Sacked"
Citizen. X 9 months ago
For MAGAs this is actual news... for the rest of the world, a good laugh.
Lady Eowyn 9 months ago
And people really believed these? I fear for the future. No, wait, I fear for the present.
Casey Payne 9 months ago
"How often do you come across satirical news that is mistaken for real news?" Not too many, unfortunately. I keep coming across news that is absolutely too real, and hope to goodness gracious that it was satirical. All the news sources are legitimate but I'm not sure if my reality is.
Tucker Cahooter 9 months ago
Well, the way things are f**ked up now, it's becoming harder and harder to tell what is a joke and what is real e.g. "Trump Wants Canada to be the 51st State", "Musk Gives All Federal Employees 48 Hours To Send Him a List of Everything They Did Last Week, Or Be Sacked"
Citizen. X 9 months ago
For MAGAs this is actual news... for the rest of the world, a good laugh.
Lady Eowyn 9 months ago
And people really believed these? I fear for the future. No, wait, I fear for the present.
Casey Payne 9 months ago
"How often do you come across satirical news that is mistaken for real news?" Not too many, unfortunately. I keep coming across news that is absolutely too real, and hope to goodness gracious that it was satirical. All the news sources are legitimate but I'm not sure if my reality is.
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