120 points

Genuine case of “this headline could easily be true in the current climate”.

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I was genuinely eating this onion before I came to the comments lol. Came here to drop a WTF rant, and instead I find out I’m a dummy right now.

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15 points

I was honestly wondering how many people would tell on themselves.

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2 points

The audience is not to blame when comedy whiffs.

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21 points

My immediate reaction was “yeah, that tracks”.

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95 points

Welp they got me on this one. Good shit, Onion. Ridiculous we live in a world where I believed this for a good 10 seconds.

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25 points

Yeah same here.

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43 points

I ate the onion

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The funny thing is that, if this were true, it would be the most efficient and effective way to register a hundred politicians, especially Republicans, as sex offenders.

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24 points

No, see… It was a “staffing issue”! Totally wasn’t me. On my account.

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14 points

Staffing issue. Do these people not even hear themselves?

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8 points

You think they give a shit?

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6 points

Oh no… I wasn’t “watching porn” I was researching content to make sure the law is properly applied!

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30 points

It’s pretty much impossible to satirise US politics, isn’t it?

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“Indiana places all owners of Twister game on sex offender registry.”

“Entire adult population held for questioning following anti-porn sting.”

“Indiana prepares for porn criminalization by building prison wall around entire state.”

“Indiana constructs new prison on former site of Ohio.”

“Viewers of ‘creampie’ porn sentenced to watch videos to full term.”

“ICE checkpoints established at vestibulum vaginae.”

“Baby born on plane from Thailand deported back to Nigeria.”

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“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” - Tom Lehrer

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