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Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away (theonion.com)
submitted 6 months ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social
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[–] obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The fact that this was published in 2017 makes it even funnier.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And sadder. But satire is like that sometimes.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago

“Sadire”

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

2017? It was on the front page!

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I literally downloaded wikipedia a few nights ago.

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

I wonder if old books are going to increase in value because people know they weren't edited or generated by AI?

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Idk, I downloaded a shit ton of free books too.

[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 21 points 6 months ago

This is satire but it's a very prudent idea to grab a copy of wikipedia

[–] unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is not funny.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

The Onion has been a reputable news source for a long time now.