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Man Sitting Alone in Car Wasting Taxpayer Money Arrested for Impersonating Police Officer (thehardtimes.net)
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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

We want to make this perfectly clear to any municipal workers, crossing guards, janitors, and anyone else who works for the government—only police officers are allowed to sit around and do absolutely nothing for all hours of the day, and only police officers are allowed to doctor their pay statements to reflect substantial overtime pay.

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[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First headline I've seen in a while from the Onion that I knew was instantly a joke. Bonus points, I really laughed.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is not the onion link

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rollercoaster of emotions there for a moment. I thought it might be somehow real until I read the article and realized it was satire from another site.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My bad, was not aware of the others.

[–] IanSomnia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"the onion" is now the Kleenex of satire journalism.