| 1 | * CreatorBacklash: In 2019, after UsefulNotes/JoeBiden launched his 2020 presidential bid amidst multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Joe Garden, who wrote the 2009 article "[[https://politics.theonion.com/shirtless-biden-washes-trans-am-in-white-house-driveway-1819570732 Shirtless Biden Washes Trans Am In White House Driveway]]" regretting writing it, saying [[https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwngb3/area-man-regrets-helping-turn-joe-biden-into-a-meme "Instead of viciously skewering a public figure who deserved scrutiny, we let him off easy. The joke was funny, but it didn’t hit hard enough."]]. |
| 2 | * {{Defictionalization}}: ''Close Range'' is a game that consists of nothing more than [[BoomHeadshot shooting people in the face]]. |
| 3 | * FollowTheLeader: Has spawned or inspired ''many'' similar faux-news sites. (For example, ''The Babylon Bee'', which is basically the Christian Onion, ''The Hard Times'', which is the Punk Rock Onion, and by extension ''Hard Drive'', a SpinOff which is the Video Game Onion.) |
| 4 | * LifeImitatesArt: Several examples, but one will suffice for now. 2004: ''The Onion'' runs a faux editorial, [[https://www.theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-1819584036 "Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades"]], in which Gillette's CEO at the time, James Kilts, supposedly "announces" that the company will introduce a five-blade razor. 2005: Cue Gillette introducing the Fusion, a five-blade razor. With the real-life Kilts [[https://money.cnn.com/2005/09/14/news/fortune500/gillette/ comparing it to a Ferrari]]. |
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