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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

I am at the point in life where sometimes I genuinely struggle to understand if a news headline is an onion post or not. What a time to be alive.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

i think the onion is overestimating the general public's 20th century history knowledge

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I had a chortle, and then checked the prices for flights to Argentina.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

getting on a plane seems ill-advised nowadays....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

You're right, I should take a Uboat.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 13 hours ago

General public maybe, onion readers maybe not.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago

Who cares, generalizing content for the masses is how you get the slop Onion was making before. This one is absolutely hilarious for those that know.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

Something about the importance of knowing history and repeated doom or whatever.