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[–] Risk 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The year is 2024. The Onion is no longer parody news. It's just news.

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We crossed that threshold sometime during the trump presidency.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, it was during the Tea Party era that made Republicans go crazy. Trump just actually managed to capitalize on something for once.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can just say having a black president.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was far more than that. The Tea Party signified when psychotic Christians took over the ideology, which regardless of Obama, opened the door for charlatans like Trump.

The racists were already on board with Republicans.

Harmabe's death created an alternate timeline in which reality start to out-Onion the Onion.

[–] annoyed_onion@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You're absolutely right. Good times