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Douglas Carpenter

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3. sometimes the stories sound just plausible enough - that they have a believability element

Reply to Laurajr (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 10:23 AM

Sep 2012

I remember when a number of wild animals escaped from some private zoo in Ohio - the Onion put out a news release that Pat Robertson had said that God caused those animals to escape so that they would bite gay people. Of course the story wasn't true..but at first glance it certainly sounded like something Pat Roberson might say.

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I don't like Laurajr Sep 2012 #1

sometimes the stories sound just plausible enough - that they have a believability element Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #3

Exactly. n/t Grateful for Hope Sep 2012 #4

I like the Onion for that same quality, which I call "sarcasm deficiency detection". Scuba Sep 2012 #5

�or sarcasm detection deficiency? Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #6

I knew it sounded awkward when I wrote it. Scuba Sep 2012 #9

The people who fall for those things ARE the joke, they are the punchline others Bluenorthwest Sep 2012 #7

It isn't just Onion stories.. Lightbulb_on Sep 2012 #12

The Onion does that on purpose rock Sep 2012 #13

Ok, THAT is awesome! Edweird Sep 2012 #2

Then they should really like "Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex" undeterred Sep 2012 #8

Ummm... RevStPatrick Sep 2012 #11

As fundamentalists are generally literalists, it isn't hard to see why no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #10