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Conservative Think Tank Spends $40 Million Trying to Frame Girl Scout Cookies as Woke (thehardtimes.net)

submitted 8 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I actually briefly got mashed by this one 🤦‍♂️

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

mashed?

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As in i briefly thought the story sounded believable enough to be real, before noticing the publication. There is a satyrical news site in the uk called ‘the daily mash’, hence the term ‘mashed’ for being tricked into believing the obviously fake news

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks til

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Np x