• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    We’re at a point now where The Onion is LESS absurd than reality. Which one is more absurd:

    A) Former president in an official televised debate claims immigrants are stealing and eating peoples pets?

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    B) Former president warns of immigrants getting all the cool liscense plates.

    One of these things actually happened, and if you were in a coma for the past two weeks, it may surprise you to learn which one were an absurdist satire website article, and which one is 100% real life factually happened.

    Are we SURE the world didn’t actually end in 2012? It really feels like the matrix is glitching out.

    • Lookorex@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it feels like someone traveled back in time and accidentally changed something.

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      2 months ago

      nearly 7 in 10 republicans thought the eating pets thing was weird. mind that this isn’t some kind of biased sampling since the same poll shows 7 in 10 republicans somehow thought he won the debate. so despite that they thought this is weird. in fact 44% of republicans said it was “very weird”.

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Almost ate it because there’s a ton of teslas in the area near one of his golf courses with Indian names as vanity plates

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    2 months ago

    As a (legal) immigrant with a vanity plate… lmao.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Ah fuck this was the Onion…

    I know we’ve crossed that “reality is more ridiculous than the onion” long ago, but still, it’s jarring to realise this was actually satire