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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 83 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Shouldn't this be in c/nottheonion?

[–] renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

no, because that comm is for news that you think are satire, but actually are real. now where's a comm for news that you think are real, but actually satire?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How about news so ridiculous you wish it were satire, but we actually just live in a dystopian hellscape run by madmen and thieves?

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

That's just the regular news.

[–] otter@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Need a c/actuallytheonion.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

c/noreallyitstheonionIswear

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

No. Candied Apple.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

news that you think are satire, but actually are real

But also for mews you know to be real, but they read like satire.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Comedians/satire writers are doing the work of the gods right now.

[–] w3ird_sloth@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Or a god with a sense of humor.......a very very dark sense of humor.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, this is Candied Apple, not Onion.

There is  c/notnottheonion

[–] purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone 38 points 3 weeks ago

Sometimes these articles are a bit too real.

[–] nozone@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"We must stop zoo animals from attacking people" insists man who set all the zoo animals free and gave them each a bag of cocaine.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Wow that is based idea lets free the animals yes already thought that but giving them cocaine is a great add on they deserve to celebrate their liberation.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, you mean it was "to bear arms"? I've been arming bears the whole time!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Lions and tigers and bears with automatic assault rifles! OH MY!

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's only radical political violence, when the "other" does it. When they do it, it's maybe capitalism or some such "-ism", I forgot to keep track.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, he'd be totally happy if we all just laid down and let them stomp us all into the mud

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It will end when it no longer exists. Multiple ways that could happen