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** "[[https://www.theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997 It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible]]" is a scathing indictment of how many newspapers are reporting on transgender issues in such a way as to incite a MoralPanic.
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** "[[https://www.theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997 It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible]]" is a scathing indictment of how many newspapers are reporting on transgender issues in such a way as to incite a MoralPanic.moral panic.
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** "[[https://www.theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997 It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible]]" is a scathing indictment of how many newspapers are reporting on Trans issues in such a way as to incite a Moral Panic.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVvVmUNBFc "Beyonce Unhurt After Stray Bullet Hits Passerby"]] shows the media being more focused on the bruise [[Music/{{Beyonce}} the celebrity]] got from the titular passerby who fell on her ''after taking a bullet meant for her'', a crack at how celebrates take up attention that they don't deserve. The passerby was even portrayed by a rectangle instead of a human model. In early 2021, when Music/LadyGaga's dogs were taken while their walker is shot, the ''former'' got more coverage.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVvVmUNBFc "Beyonce Unhurt After Stray Bullet Hits Passerby"]] shows the media being more focused on the bruise [[Music/{{Beyonce}} the celebrity]] got from the titular passerby who fell on her ''after taking a bullet meant for her'', a crack at how celebrates celebrities take up attention that they don't deserve. The passerby was even portrayed by a rectangle instead of a human model. In early 2021, when Music/LadyGaga's dogs were taken while their walker is shot, the ''former'' got more coverage.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVvVmUNBFc "Beyonce Unhurt After Stray Bullet Hits Passerby"]] shows the media being more focused on the bruise the celebrity got from the titular passerby who fell on her ''after taking a bullet meant for her'', a crack at how celebrates take up attention that they don't deserve. The passerby was even portrayed by a rectangle instead of a human model. In early 2021, when Lady Gaga's dogs were taken while their walker is shot, the ''former'' got more coverage.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVvVmUNBFc "Beyonce Unhurt After Stray Bullet Hits Passerby"]] shows the media being more focused on the bruise [[Music/{{Beyonce}} the celebrity celebrity]] got from the titular passerby who fell on her ''after taking a bullet meant for her'', a crack at how celebrates take up attention that they don't deserve. The passerby was even portrayed by a rectangle instead of a human model. In early 2021, when Lady Gaga's Music/LadyGaga's dogs were taken while their walker is shot, the ''former'' got more coverage.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A pre-[[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]] Creator/AlexMoffat has a small part in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5m4hISfh0o "Hostages Freed After Tense 7-Minute Standup Set"]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntICHMV-WMA "Google Shuts Down Gmail For Two Hours To Show Its Immense Power"]] has the company shut down its Gmail service just to lord over its users and force them into accepting various unneeded downloads. Eight years later on December 2020, [=YouTube=], Gmail and Google Drive services [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-LF409nk0 went down for a few hours]].
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** [[https://www.theonion.com/literally-no-one-calls-me-that-or-has-ever-called-me-t-1819592848 ‘Literally Nobody Calls Me That Or Has Ever Called Me That’: Our Interview With Ol’ Musky]] is funnier now because after it got popular, some people really do call Elon Musk that.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: Though the article "Man Who Thought He'd Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn't Even Know He Still Had" was reposted to Twitter in the midst of the Covid pandemic and quickly spread by despairing victims, it was actually published back in 2000, and the story has nothing to do with the loss brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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** The [[https://youtu.be/mPjsoYfTxj4 "Reporter Goes Undercover In Chinatown By Wearing Silk Robe"]], which shows a RefugeInAudacity segment of a White reporter mocking bigotry and other cultural appropriations in the media, became downright uncomfortable five years later when Fox News reporter Jesse Watters [[https://youtu.be/PJmnLzw8NA4 embarked on a similar news segment]] which included the exact things The Onion had lampshaded.
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Note: Website/TheOnion often uses [[YMMV.HomePage [[YMMV/HomePage YMMV]] items and AudienceReactions in an InUniverse setting. Those used InUniverse as a Trope can be kept on the main page. To make this so, just put or PotHole "InUniverse" within the example (where appropriate of course). See InUniverse for more.
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** "[[http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-consults-internet-whenever-possible,1515/ Area Man Consults Internet Whenever Possible"]], written in 2000, is supposed to be a satire of people who are obsessed with the Internet. Area Man uses the Internet to do things like check on movie showtimes, look up word definitions, and find food recipes. Within a short few years, people everywhere would use the internet for stuff like that all the time.
** Inevitable in articles on political figures when they're out of office, such as UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, UsefulNotes/BarackObama or UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.
** The column "[[https://www.theonion.com/when-youre-feeling-low-just-remember-ill-be-dead-in-ab-1819584806 When You're Feeling Low, Just Remember I'll Be Dead in About 15 or 20 Years]]", "written" by UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, reads quite a bit differently after Trump ascended to the presidency, just under four years after it was published, and made it much more difficult for him to disappear into history.[[note]]The "unmistakable physical and mental deterioration by 2020" part, on the other hand, is quite prescient, as his presidency was dogged among other things by questions of his health and possible senility, especially after he caught COVID-19 in the last few months of his term.[[/note]]
** "[[http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-consults-internet-whenever-possible,1515/ Area Man Consults Internet Whenever Possible"]], written in 2000, is supposed to be a satire of people who are obsessed with the Internet. Area Man uses the Internet to do things like check on movie showtimes, look up word definitions, and find food recipes. Within a short few years, people everywhere would use the internet for stuff like that all the time.
** Inevitable in articles on political figures when they're out of office, such as UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, UsefulNotes/BarackObama or UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.
** The column "[[https://www.theonion.com/when-youre-feeling-low-just-remember-ill-be-dead-in-ab-1819584806 When You're Feeling Low, Just Remember I'll Be Dead in About 15 or 20 Years]]", "written" by UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, reads quite a bit differently after Trump ascended to the presidency, just under four years after it was published, and made it much more difficult for him to disappear into history.[[note]]The "unmistakable physical and mental deterioration by 2020" part, on the other hand, is quite prescient, as his presidency was dogged among other things by questions of his health and possible senility, especially after he caught COVID-19 in the last few months of his term.[[/note]]
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** Bitek Okoye from "[[https://www.theonion.com/nigeria-may-be-a-developing-nation-but-it-is-rich-in-c-1819594269 Get Me Out Of This Godforsaken Hellhole]]." His parents and brothers were killed in a gasoline explosion, while soldiers [[DestinationDefenestration threw his grandmother out a window]]. He lives in a slum without electricity or basic necessities, threatened by criminals, police and soldiers. He's destitute, frightened and desperate to live anywhere besides Nigeria.
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** Joan from [[https://www.theonion.com/new-mommy-a-lot-prettier-1819565481 "New Mommy A Lot Prettier"]]. Not only does her husband cheat on her with a younger woman, kick her out of their house and not help her financially, he and his new partner are also turning her children against her with treats, toys and lack of discipline. When we see her, she’s obviously stressed and depressed, frequently breaking down in tears as her kids complain about her making them do chores.
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* TheWoobie: Ryan and Rebecca Lewis from [[https://www.theonion.com/daddy-put-in-bye-bye-box-1819569708 "Daddy Put In Bye-Bye Box"]]: When they’re 5 and 3, their father dies from what is implied to be stomach cancer-and the kids ''have no idea'' or even that he was sick at all. They think he’s sleeping like Snow White and will run back home to read their bedtime story. Even worse, their dad isn’t the only death in the family: their cat Muffin, their grandmother Sarah and their uncle Brian are all dead. For such young ages, they’ve seen a ''lot'' of death. The article ends with their mother about to tell them the truth.
** Jean Teasdale. While she is oblivious, naive, refuses to take responsibility for her actions and not very smart, there’s no doubt her life ''sucks'': She grew up in a DysfunctionalFamily that broke apart when her father cheated, she was bullied and sexually assaulted at school, she barely graduated, her husband Rick is a {{Jerkass}} who only married her because her parents caught them having sex and treats her badly, she desperately wants kids but Rick hates kids (and it’s implied that she only sees the fun parts of parenthood), she’s never left her crappy suburban hometown, she can’t keep a job and the column is pretty much the one thing she has. What’s more, she is aware of how bad her life is but is actively trying to repress her emotions about leaving and starting over. Ouch.
** Jean Teasdale. While she is oblivious, naive, refuses to take responsibility for her actions and not very smart, there’s no doubt her life ''sucks'': She grew up in a DysfunctionalFamily that broke apart when her father cheated, she was bullied and sexually assaulted at school, she barely graduated, her husband Rick is a {{Jerkass}} who only married her because her parents caught them having sex and treats her badly, she desperately wants kids but Rick hates kids (and it’s implied that she only sees the fun parts of parenthood), she’s never left her crappy suburban hometown, she can’t keep a job and the column is pretty much the one thing she has. What’s more, she is aware of how bad her life is but is actively trying to repress her emotions about leaving and starting over. Ouch.
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** People getting outraged over Onion articles on social media [[PoesLaw not realizing that they're satire]]. So much so there is an [[https://old.reddit.com/r/AteTheOnion/ entire subreddit]] for this.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TrPwOrf4sM "Historic 'Blockbuster' Store Offers Glimpse Of How Movies Were Rented In The Past"]], due to the November 6, 2013 announcement that the Blockbuster chain's physical stores were shutting down due to the inability to compete with the advent of digital downloads on Netflix and the Internet in general. The video was widely cited in actual news reports of Blockbuster's demise. Another business that had a historical museum was Borders, which also folded not long after the video was made.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TrPwOrf4sM "Historic 'Blockbuster' Store Offers Glimpse Of How Movies Were Rented In The Past"]], due to both the November 6, 2013 announcement that the of Blockbuster chain's shutting down their physical stores were shutting down due to as a result of the inability to compete with the advent popularity of digital downloads on Netflix and internet downloads, and the Internet in general.Bend, Oregon location becoming a tourist attraction due to being the final Blockbuster shop that is still running. The video was widely cited in actual news reports of Blockbuster's demise. Another business that had a historical museum was Borders, which also folded not long after the video was made.
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** [[https://www.theonion.com/mother-teresa-sent-to-hell-in-wacky-afterlife-mix-up-1819564421 "Mother Teresa Sent to Hell in Wacky Afterlife Mixup"]] becomes a lot harsher after some of Teresa's poor treatment of the people she allegedly "helped" came to light, as if her destination wasn't an accident after all.
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* From 2020, [[https://www.theonion.com/paleontologists-unearth-rare-mint-condition-triceratop-1845439323 Paleontologists Unearth Rare Mint Condition Triceratops Skull In Goodwill Bin.]] In 2022, [[https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/07/us/ancient-roman-statue-bought-texas-goodwill-trnd/index.html a statue a woman in Texas bought at a Goodwill]] really did turn out to be an Ancient Roman artifact!
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** The placeholder sentence for the books is "Passerby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood." Not funny on its own, but when mixed with the NonSequitur captions that were apparently in the article (such as "I don't know which boatload of sailors I love!" or "Can we discuss this after I pee?") and the similar apparent titles to them are hilarious.
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** [[https://www.theonion.com/trump-s-missing-jan-6-phone-logs-1848726920/slides/17 Trump's Missing Jan.6 Phone Logs]] includes him attempting to contact Ashli Babbitt.
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** [[https://politics.theonion.com/ken-jennings-mistaken-for-subways-jared-again-1819567742 "Ken Jennings Mistaken for Subway's Jared Again"]]. Subway broke ties with Jared Fogle after the latter was outed as a pedophile and jailed in 2015; the worst thing {{Series/Jeopardy}} champion Ken Jennings has been accused of since his ''Jeopardy!'' winning streak are a few Twitter jokes that were in poor taste.
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** [[https://politics.theonion.com/ken-jennings-mistaken-for-subways-jared-again-1819567742 "Ken Jennings Mistaken for Subway's Jared Again"]]. Subway broke ties with Jared Fogle after the latter was outed as a pedophile and jailed in 2015; the worst thing {{Series/Jeopardy}} champion Ken Jennings has been accused of since his ''Jeopardy!'' winning streak are a few Twitter jokes that were in poor taste.2015.
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** [[https://entertainment.theonion.com/paw-patrol-writers-defend-episode-where-german-shephe-1828419524 "PAW Patrol Writers Defend Episode Where German Shepherd Cop Shoots Unarmed Black Lab 17 Times in Back"]] was already uncomfortable to read when it was first written in 2018. It then became even more uncomfortable after an African-American man named George Floyd was killed by a police officer on May 25, 2020, and people [[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/arts/television/protests-fictional-cops.html began criticizing positive portrayal of cops in PAW Patrol and many other shows]].
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Bryant and his daughters died alongside the other passengers, so it's a bit more major.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVvVmUNBFc "Beyonce Unhurt After Stray Bullet Hits Passerby"]] shows the media being more focused on the bruise the celebrity got from the titular passerby who fell on her ''after taking a bullet meant for her'', a crack at how celebrates take up attention that they don't deserve. The passerby was even portrayed by a rectangle instead of a human model. In early 2021, when Lady Gaga's dogs were taken while their walker is shot, the ''former'' got more coverage. The same happened during the death of Kobe Bryant, when his death overshadowed the deaths of his fellow passengers.
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* BizarooEpisode: [[http://www.theonion.com/article/we-get-food-and-then-we-eat-food-until-all-food-go-53191 ‘We Get The Food And Then We Eat The Food Until All The Food Is Gone,’ City Of Chicago Announces Unprompted]].
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* BizarooEpisode: BizarroEpisode: [[http://www.theonion.com/article/we-get-food-and-then-we-eat-food-until-all-food-go-53191 ‘We Get The Food And Then We Eat The Food Until All The Food Is Gone,’ City Of Chicago Announces Unprompted]].
