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MEXICO CITY (The Borowitz Report)—In a move likely to stir controversy, Mexico has officially renamed the Liberty Bell “the TACO Bell,” the Mexican president announced on Monday.

Effective immediately, the landmark will be referred to as the TACO Bell in all Mexican atlases, encyclopedias, and history textbooks, President Claudia Sheinbaum said.

In her announcement, she gave Donald J. Trump “full credit” for the name change.

“Thanks to Donald Trump, when one thinks of America, one no longer thinks of liberty,” she said. “One thinks of TACO.”

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[-] Z3k3@lemmy.world 95 points 2 months ago

Almost ate it. I hate the world we live in

[-] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

I ate. And then saw your comment. I agree.

[-] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 months ago

I totally ate it

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

I noticed the comm, then elected to eat it anyway

Helps that my metal type deck in Pokemon TCGP is named "Taco Bell *DONG*"

Woulda been "*BONG*" but apparently while they are okay with penis synonyms they draw the line at drug paraphernalia 🤷

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Well tbf dong is common in some languages...

For instance, north koreas rockets are named something like type-o dong or something like that?

So there's these serious ass Korean guys staring at a missile test of what I can only write as type o' dong. Like an inquisitive Irish man asking about my penis.

Imaginary Irish guy: "oh type o' dong to ya?" Me: "I dunno, slightly above average? Thicker near the top than the base... There's no curve if that's what you're asking..."

[-] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

"Dong" being penis made this even funnier.

"You can show your dong to kids, but heaven help you if you teach them about marijuana!"

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Taco bell dong sounds like what you get when doing anal after eating Taco Bell.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

I did eat it, and I'm still eating it. I choose to manifest that this is a true thing in my universe.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago

National Treasure 3: Nic Cage follows a deadly trail of clues that reveal the United States is actually Mexico.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 months ago

In an adventure that takes him from one Taco Bell franchise to another across the American South until he gains 200lbs and early onset diabetes

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

If this got made, I would proudly NOT pirate the movie and make sure I and everyone I know paid full price for it.

[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 37 points 2 months ago

Gulf of America Uno reverse... not eating the onion, but it would be hilarious if they went for it as a stunt.

[-] D_C@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago

I'll admit that I got about a paragraph in before I had to check if I was eating an onion.

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

I literally lol'd at this one

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Taco Bell did this as an April Fool’s joke 31 years ago inn the New York Times. The slogan was “Run for the border” at the time which was prophetic.

Edit: 29 years ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_Liberty_Bell

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Bullshit, it wasn't 31 years ago, they did that in the 90s.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

And the 90s were only 10 years ago.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I THOUGHT THIS WAS STILL THE 90s!!!1!

[-] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

[-] match@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago

From the other side, activist Paul Rogat Loeb lamented that the hoax "felt too real for comfort" in an era "when every value, ideal, and public symbol has a profit-seeking sponsor".

[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 1 points 2 months ago

I'm more surprised the simpsons didn't do it first.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Chihuahua voice

Yo quiero mas rebeeeelll!

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 13 points 2 months ago

This dumb dumb world that we live in these days, I had to make sure that this was fake. I was about the fucking cry. This is too much. Too extra. You can't do this. This is like the War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast like the aliens have landed, yo. All is lost!

[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

I seem to recall a news report introducing the 5-blade Gillette shaver - for real, and referencing a historical The Onion article with an irate CEO of the same company rudely rebuking his engineers for suggesting it was impossible to produce.

I realize this is just satire, but can the same happen here where an Onion article leads to the bell's renaming, at least in the literature of some countries?

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_Liberty_Bell

it is less satire and more something that was done already

[-] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 months ago
[-] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah stale onion lol

[-] Dotcom@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I thought Taco Bell already did that in the 90s

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Planning to visit that after Mount Rush Mole

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Dont forget to bring some avogadros for the guac

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I have about 6.022.
And a root of jicama.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Lake Crunchwrap Supreme.

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago
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