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submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Holy shit I ate the onion.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

It's close enough to the actual story to fool most folks.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago

same

[–] street_pigeons@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I can't believe I almost fell for this

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I 100% thought it was real.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You're not alone. This is fake but my outrage is real!

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

I fell for it until seeing the related content was other Onion articles.

[–] username_unavailable@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

My first reaction was, "Holy cow, how many times did they count "god" in there without catching VeggieTales?"

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Those poor veggies must be traumatized after watching me eat the onion.

[–] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

We are the politicians, who don't do anything.

[–] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I saw that this was from the onion before reading the headline and I refuse to believe that this isn't real despite that.

[–] darganon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Barbara Manatee is a jam

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I feel like he's mansplaining. Can we please get back to the Soviet onion?