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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Yeah, well, I remember the round of "satire is dead" claims when Kissinger got the Peace Prize. I don't see any reason not to suppose that, actually, such "breaking news" isn't as old as humanity.

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i've been saying for years

make The Onion satire again

'mericans did not understand the assignment

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon reality muscled in. It's over now for satire
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I was serving in a tea house at Burning Man many years ago and was reading a printed copy of The Mushroom, the playa equivalent of the The Onion. I was cracking up and asked rhetorically "who are the guys that do this?". The man sitting in front of me put his hand up.
Trump Boys Have Slap Fight Over Who Gets To Run Foreign Policy Meetings

PALM BEACH, FL—Lashing furiously at each other’s faces with their flailing hands, the Trump boys were reportedly engaged in a slap fight Friday over who would get to run their dad’s foreign policy meetings. “No, you got to do it last time, Eric—it’s my turn, it’s mine!” said Donald Trump Jr., who flinched and cried […]

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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon In 1973, Tom Lehrer said political satire became obsolete the day Henry Kissinger was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. Then again, there have always been times when reality was too silly and absurd for satire. Like right now.
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It's too upsetting to be funny. *heavy sigh*

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon BREAKING NEWS: The Onion saved from imminant destruction by LLMs who have whole-heartedly agreed to continue the great tradditions of The Onion simply by ingesting all of the world's real news, then summarizing it via their beautiful algorithms.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon There have been a few times over the years when I can't tell the difference between real life and light trolling. Depressing.
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I've been reading The Onion for 30 years and I have never once seen them break character. Citation needed.