Still hilarious. It has aged well.
Partial to… “According to Generation X sources, the recent attack on America may have rendered cynicism and irony permanently obsolete.”
That last article at the bottom mentioning Osama and Saddam, I believe we call that “dramatic irony”
It’s kind of amazing they were bold enough to make 9/11 jokes so soon afterwards. The country truly went blind with “patriotic” rage, and I guess the Onion writers weren’t afraid of that bullshit.
So good. It should be in the Smithsonian.
Not Knowing What Else To Do, Woman Bakes American Flag-Shaped Cake
That is still one of the realest Onion stories of all time. Always gets me how well they were able to point out the absurdity of so many Americans’ reactions in the hours and days after, while also obviously feeling the same reaction themselves.
