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White House sources have confirmed the successful execution of 19-year-old college sophomore Evan Dixon late last night by an elite team of special forces.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago

Stop publishing plausible shit. Stop giving them ideas.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

I could just unironically show this to my parents and they’d say “good. Lib got what he deserved.”

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 week ago

I ate the onion for a second there.

God damn, we are in the worst timeline.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago

Updoot, but geez I member when I used to read the onion to laugh. Darker than this morning's coffee.

[–] cyphear@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago

Had to double check if this was satire. At this point even the craziest shit sounds like something plausible.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago

It hurts how many onion articles lately almost get me. This planet is absolutely fucked.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fuck this article making light of something he's obviously going to try in a matter of weeks.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Satirizing something and making light of something are different things.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

And yet both could be occurring