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Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold (theonion.com)

submitted 9 months ago by HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Me too. I clicked on it before I realized it's The Onion.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It didn't get me that much but there were a few seconds of me thinking "he said that? Noooo. I just. Wait, how can? Nooo...", before I realised it was satire.

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I've come to understand that satire is a canary in the coal mine for a society. The minute it becomes indescernible from the facts, something has gone seriously awry with society at large.