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Moonwalk

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34. Didn't mean to imply you did say that--just that those who wrote this were doubly stupid...

Reply to Jenoch (Reply #30)

Fri Jul 5, 2013, 12:26 PM

Jul 2013

...to use that as their "clue." I'm sure they thought the name clever and cute, but at this point (as compared to when the movie came out and was popular and well known), it's an inside joke; when it comes to the internet, that's a bad idea. With no real clue that this was a joke, many would take this as true and spread it as true. Spread it very far and very fast.

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Paula Dean subject of Satire [View all] Mira Jul 2013 OP

Please tell me JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #1

it is (nt) The Straight Story Jul 2013 #5

yes satire site CurtEastPoint Jul 2013 #6

It is. And I wish people would stop taking their "news" as true The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #7

Thanks to you and the others JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #12

Wow, I just read it and you are correct tularetom Jul 2013 #33

You have got to be kidding me. bluedigger Jul 2013 #2

isn't that an Onion type website? OriginalGeek Jul 2013 #3

It's a lame imitation of the Onion. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #8

yeah I now recall quite a few stories from the Daily Currant OriginalGeek Jul 2013 #15

The Daily Currant is a satire site! Not a good one, but satire nonetheless. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #4

You can always tell by the quotes. Richardo Jul 2013 #14

Satire, and not "just," LWolf Jul 2013 #9

Please change your headline--- trumad Jul 2013 #10

OK I should - and will n/t Mira Jul 2013 #17

Thanks,,, trumad Jul 2013 #20

lol, meet "Dave Garver" OriginalGeek Jul 2013 #11

It's not funny. Quantess Jul 2013 #13

I'm really, REALLY glad this is satire, because the line is so blurred lately I can never tell. Arkana Jul 2013 #16

I thought it was pretty obvious The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #21

Well, I was totally taken in libodem Jul 2013 #18

Daily Currant is a satire site, much like the Onion. This is satire. Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #19

this site is a bad rip-off of the onion ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #22

It says a lot that it sounds all too true. Moonwalk Jul 2013 #23

Yes, this is satire. Jenoch Jul 2013 #24

And, of course, we should all know this because that movie is re-run so much that we've all seen it- Moonwalk Jul 2013 #25

Jenoch has it on laserdisc and just assumes everyone does... ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #27

Laserdisk? What is this laserdisk you speak of? Doesn't everyone just stream movies now?.... Moonwalk Jul 2013 #31

I did not say everyone would or should recognize it. Jenoch Jul 2013 #30

Didn't mean to imply you did say that--just that those who wrote this were doubly stupid... Moonwalk Jul 2013 #34

I agree. Jenoch Jul 2013 #35

you KNOW you listen to WTMI... ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #26

I've never been to Atlanta and was unaware of the station until I looked it up. Jenoch Jul 2013 #28

I am in ATL and never heard of it... ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #29

Say 'Soft Hits' a little faster and you'll get the joke. Jenoch Jul 2013 #32

hehehe... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #36

At this point, Dean is her own satire... n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #37