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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 5 months ago (6 children)

The Onion is way more subtle and clever than just making up fake quotes by celebrities

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[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago (1 child)

clickhole is by the onion lol

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[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 16 points 5 months ago

And were doing the fake quote thing before they made clickhole.

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[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I still picture the headline “Laura Bush noisily devours infant” from time to time and that had to be from an onion (probably a physical one) from around 2005.

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[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's pretty obviously a joke quote when you take the time to read it

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