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Kash Patel Phished By Scammer Posing As Kash Patel (theonion.com)

submitted 1 month ago by ZeroCool@piefed.ca to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Ryudos@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Well I totally ate the onion this time.

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[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 month ago (1 child)

To be fair, it probably has happened but even he's too embarrassed to mention it.

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[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

All you gotta do is pretend to be drunk Kash emailing sober Kash a reminder to make a payment to somewhere

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[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Hard to tell these days

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[–] Kage@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

So did I but in my defense: I totally see him doing this shit

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you.

I was about to munch it wholeheartedly, but thanks to you it was just a nibble.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Understandable

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 18 points 1 month ago

Credible. The left eye doesn’t know what the right eye is doing.

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

Our government is run by the stupidest motherfuckers alive

Edit: damn, ate the onion

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I... had to check.

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[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Headline seems totally plausible

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[–] SillyMe@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

some of these onion headlines are so plausible I have to assume one of them is going to happen in real life at some point

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[–] marighost@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago

Give him enough beers and I'm sure this will be reality.