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RainCaster

(13,888 posts) Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:22 PM Jun 2018

Can we mark ONION posts please?

That fine line between sarcasm and reality is getting too narrow. Could we agree to start all Onion posts with ONION: please?

I love seeing their stuff, really. But reality is getting too close to sarcasm IMO. Could we mark it as such just to save us old timers from an occasional coronary? Please?
Thank you.

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Can we mark ONION posts please? (Original Post) RainCaster Jun 2018 OP

it is true that sometimes you have to ask yourself if its satire. drray23 Jun 2018 #1

What's the fun in that? House of Roberts Jun 2018 #2

And maybe mark other satire as satire in the post heading 4now Jun 2018 #3

Onion, if not labled, should post in the lounge. nt oasis Jun 2018 #4

What's your question? greyl Jun 2018 #5

I thought you'd been briefed jmowreader Jun 2018 #6

The internet is no place for unlabeled humor. A-Schwarzenegger Jun 2018 #7

I have to agree, there's a lot of really cringy threads being made here ansible Jun 2018 #8

I feel bad for outfits such as The Onion. They've got nothing on reality these days. Garrett78 Jun 2018 #9

drray23

(8,821 posts)

1. it is true that sometimes you have to ask yourself if its satire.

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:23 PM

Jun 2018

Its no longer obvious with Trump and his Ilk. Everything is possible.

House of Roberts

(6,633 posts)

2. What's the fun in that?

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:25 PM

Jun 2018

But sarcasm, not satire?

4now

(1,598 posts)

3. And maybe mark other satire as satire in the post heading

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:25 PM

Jun 2018

Please.

oasis

(53,965 posts)

4. Onion, if not labled, should post in the lounge. nt

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:28 PM

Jun 2018

greyl

(23,024 posts)

5. What's your question?

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:29 PM

Jun 2018

The answer is yes. And by yes, I mean no.

One should always be on guard when reading stuff online, and never assume it is what it says it is.

jmowreader

(53,394 posts)

6. I thought you'd been briefed

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:34 PM

Jun 2018

The Onion stopped running satirical news on November 9, 2016. We're in an era when a failed game-show host is in the White House, the Republican Party thinks it's okay that he colluded with the Russians to steal the election, and a third of all millennials think the earth is flat. How can you possibly make up anything more bizarre than the current reality?

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,834 posts)

7. The internet is no place for unlabeled humor.

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:55 PM

Jun 2018

A label in time saves nine.

ansible

(1,718 posts)

8. I have to agree, there's a lot of really cringy threads being made here

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 02:31 AM

Jun 2018

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

9. I feel bad for outfits such as The Onion. They've got nothing on reality these days.

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 03:07 AM

Jun 2018

How do you top the madness that is today's Republican Party?

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