I feel almost ashamed to say that I don't think I've ever read past the headline on an Onion article.
They just absolutely nail the satire in that one-liner, time after time after time.
They just absolutely nail the satire in that one-liner, time after time after time.
> "Although we've traditionally dedicated 97 percent of our resources to other important services such as contraception distribution, cancer screening, and STD testing, this new complex allows us to devote our full attention to what has always been our true passion: abortion," said Richards, standing under a banner emblazoned with Planned Parenthood's new slogan, "No Life Is Sacred."
> "WASHINGTON—Calling the last four days of American life just…I mean, talk about a goddamned punch in the gut, citizens across the nation confirmed today that, Jesus, this week.
This fucking week, sources added.
Christ."
It was supposed to be a joke, but was prescient, promising a "Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years" and a deep recession.
https://politics.theonion.com/bush-our-long-national-nightma...
And with MacBook trackpads getting larger, and their keyboards getting smaller and more terrible, it's starting to look less like satire and more like prophecy.
https://www.theonion.com/in-the-know-situation-in-nigeria-se...