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[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago

Ouch. The Onion: this is effectively just reporting on real events…

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago

This is their section called "American Voices" where the story is a real, actual event that happened but commentated on by satirical representations of Americans.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

And it's always those same people

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not always the same three people shown here, but yeah, they pull from a very small pool of at least six fictional people.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

The occupation and names I think are random and usually a joke, too.

[-] Naich@lemmings.world 4 points 1 month ago

It's usually the same people in real life too.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 35 points 1 month ago

If you don't want to be executed, maybe just don't be vaguely associated with the crime?

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Have you tried being white?

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

Hey Missouri. Get fucked, you shithole state.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

this could be in c/nottheonion

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The story is real in the American Voices features but the commentary is satirical

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, right! I get that, but it’s just so on the nose that it could be in either. Sadly, it’s not satire.

this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2024
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