▲ 533 ▼ DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website (theonion.com) submitted 1 year ago by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] qfe0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 131 points 1 year ago (4 children) Yeah I ate the onion on that headline. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) People keep saying The Onion can’t compete with reality anymore, but every week or two I keep biting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Doesn't that prove the point though? Even absurdist satire seems real because of how absurd reality has been. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago The Onion makes its best social commentary when it initially fools you into thinking it’s real. The point isn’t to be absurd or trick you, it’s to hold a mirror up and make you think. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago I thought it was another one of their Ctrl F removals where they unintentionally deleted a bunch of pages that used the word in other contexts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) People keep saying The Onion can’t compete with reality anymore, but every week or two I keep biting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Doesn't that prove the point though? Even absurdist satire seems real because of how absurd reality has been. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago The Onion makes its best social commentary when it initially fools you into thinking it’s real. The point isn’t to be absurd or trick you, it’s to hold a mirror up and make you think. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Doesn't that prove the point though? Even absurdist satire seems real because of how absurd reality has been. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago The Onion makes its best social commentary when it initially fools you into thinking it’s real. The point isn’t to be absurd or trick you, it’s to hold a mirror up and make you think. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago The Onion makes its best social commentary when it initially fools you into thinking it’s real. The point isn’t to be absurd or trick you, it’s to hold a mirror up and make you think. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago I thought it was another one of their Ctrl F removals where they unintentionally deleted a bunch of pages that used the word in other contexts. permalink fedilink source parent