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On the subject of solid last lines, the ending of Health Officials Urging Americans To Do Something, Anything For 30 Minutes A Day gave me one of the biggest, most honest laughs I've had for a while. The rest of it's good too, but that ending line is brilliant.
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And now for some  Pistorius Case Takes Dramatic Turn As Altered Plane Of Reality Results In Paralympian Shooting John Lennon I just love how The Onion can make dozens of articles out of one news story and make all of them loving hilarious.
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Feb 25, 2013 03:21
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240 Killed In Stampede After Bucketful Of Oscars Just Dumped On Stage
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Feb 25, 2013 03:23
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“At one point, I turned around and saw Ron Howard, with this wild look in his eyes, strangling Lauren Bacall,” Brooks continued. “He was covered in blood and daring people to come at him. It’s an image I’ll never forget.”
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Feb 25, 2013 03:36
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The Onion just posted this on Facebookquote:Feb. 25, 2013 What the hell was that about?
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Feb 25, 2013 17:47
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LASER BEAM DREAM posted:The Onion just posted this on Facebook People don't like it when you call a 9 year old a oval office. http://www.vulture.com/2013/02/the-onion-quvenzhane-wallis-tweet.html
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Feb 25, 2013 17:49
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I get the joke they were trying to make but that might have gone a little too far.
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Feb 25, 2013 17:53
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edit: beaten. But that was pretty lame.
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Feb 25, 2013 17:54
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muscles like this? posted:I get the joke they were trying to make but that might have gone a little too far. Yeah, I got it too, but I think when you're going to use that word the joke needs to be perfect. And this wasn't.
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Feb 25, 2013 17:55
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I thought it was hilarious. It sucks to see the Onion break the fourth wall and apologize, I don't know why everyone was so worked up about something a satire site said.
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Feb 25, 2013 18:02
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Nouvelle Vague posted:Yeah, I got it too, but I think when you're going to use that word the joke needs to be perfect. And this wasn't. What exactly was the joke? I missed the Oscars and have been hearing a lot of criticism for this joke, yet I can't even imagine the context or reasoning behind it or what event at the oscars it would be referencing back to.
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Feb 25, 2013 18:05
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The tweet was: "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhané Wallis is kind of a oval office, right?"
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Feb 25, 2013 18:08
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Lovechop posted:I thought it was hilarious. It sucks to see the Onion break the fourth wall and apologize, I don't know why everyone was so worked up about something a satire site said.
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Feb 25, 2013 18:09
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Saint Seafoam posted:What exactly was the joke? I missed the Oscars and have been hearing a lot of criticism for this joke, yet I can't even imagine the context or reasoning behind it or what event at the oscars it would be referencing back to. I thought what they were going for is that she's clearly not or we're supposed to find it ridiculous that people would say such a thing? At least, that's the reasoning I think they had.
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Feb 25, 2013 18:09
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Zugzwang posted:People are worked up because a 9-year-old was called the worst word in the English language. I bet she's going to be really upset when she hops onto the onion dot com to check the latest biting satire and sees it. Poor bird.
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Feb 25, 2013 18:10
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Nouvelle Vague posted:I thought what they were going for is that she's clearly not or we're supposed to find it ridiculous that people would say such a thing? Of course it was. I am reminded of Sean Lock's rant about horrible acting by children on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year.
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Feb 25, 2013 18:16
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I think it almost would have been funnier if there never was a tweet and they just issued a lengthy apology implying some crazy things over something that never happened. "We would like to extend our sincerest apologies to miss Wallis, as well as to that poor dog. We understand that sometimes jokes go too far, and we are deeply sorry to all the people on the red carpet who had to change gowns after this regrettable incident."
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Feb 25, 2013 19:05
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Lovechop posted:I bet she's going to be really upset when she hops onto the onion dot com to check the latest biting satire and sees it. Poor bird. Dude, they called a child a oval office for a joke that wasn't very good. It made people uncomfortable. That's why they are upset. Why are you being so indignant about it?
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Feb 25, 2013 19:10
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Baron von Eevl posted:I think it almost would have been funnier if there never was a tweet and they just issued a lengthy apology implying some crazy things over something that never happened. This would've been awesome.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:12
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Baron von Eevl posted:I think it almost would have been funnier if there never was a tweet and they just issued a lengthy apology implying some crazy things over something that never happened. That's exactly why I posted it in this thread. I couldn't figure out if I was being thick or they were actually apologizing. It wouldn't be the first time they've gone meta and I assumed it was like another one of those "The Onion welcomes our North Korean overlords" gags.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:14
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Ariong posted:Dude, they called a child a oval office for a joke that wasn't very good. It made people uncomfortable. That's why they are upset. Why are you being so indignant about it? Who's getting indignant? Baron von Eevl posted:I think it almost would have been funnier if there never was a tweet and they just issued a lengthy apology implying some crazy things over something that never happened. They do this sort of joke all the time in the corrections section. Some recent ones:
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Feb 25, 2013 19:24
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I figured the joke was to apply the unfounded hatred a lot of celebrities get to a nine year old girl. Kind of like the joke behind last night's Area Woman's Baseless Hatred Of Anne Hathaway Reciprocated. I guess the fact that The Onion apologized shows that there wasn't any joke behind it other than "HA HA WE CALLED A 9 YEAR OLD THE C-WORD!" since they never apologized for "Breaking: Shots Fired at Capitol", which was the last time something they did drew any legitimate criticism. Edit: "The solution to last week's brainteaser contained a mistake. The correct answer is five swastikas. The Onion regrets the error." SpiderHyphenMan has a new favorite as of 19:37 on Feb 25, 2013 |
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Feb 25, 2013 19:26
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Maybe my standards are just really low, but I'm glad the apology was "sorry for what we actually did" and wasn't something along the lines of "sorry if you were offended."
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Feb 25, 2013 19:32
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I don't think that tweet was very well thought out and it was definitely a mistake, but I'm just really surprised they didn't just tweet something like "adults surprised that society frowns on insulting childen" (except something actually funny) afterwards. I've been reading the onion for like a decade and a half and it was really jarring to see something on their newsfeed in the form of a completely serious apology with an actual staff member's name attached. Totally unexpected. But it was stupid and warranted an apology, they satirically write about annoying celebrities and politicians dying violent deaths etc all the time, but calling a kid a really venomous word with no reason or punchline isn't clever and therefore not something they should have done.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:38
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"The debut of the new column "Phyllisophically Speaking" did not contain any philosophy, nor was it penned by someone named Phyllis. The Onion regrets the error."
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Feb 25, 2013 19:39
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I didn't find the tweet funny but just seems kind of odd that they apologized over that when they have stuff like a photoshopped Google homepage about 9/11 and a "top ten cutest child soldiers" slide show.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:40
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Brother Jonathan posted:Who's getting indignant? It seemed as though he thought the fact that this joke was pulled was the most ridiculous thing in the world. I didn't see what the big deal was. In retrospect, I may not know what words are, or what meaning they have when put next to each other. Johnny Depp Now Completely Made Of Scarves And Bracelets quote:Red Carpet Extended 12.5 miles, giving fans more chances to see exhausted stars
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Feb 25, 2013 19:41
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How many actual apologies have they issued? This is the first one I've seen that wasn't part of their joke corrections section. I read that on Facebook this morning waiting for the gag, and then it was like "Oh. They're legitimately sorry for something. For what?" and I had to look elsewhere to find it. Nobody's perfect, I suppose, but I'm surprised that tweet even got the green light. I have the feeling just about everything they do is controlled quite tightly. The joke just seemed kinda low. Like, if they were going for "projecting the hatred that older celebs get on a 9-year-old kid" there were probably better ways to do it. Anyway, I understand that fearlessness is important in the kind of satire The Onion produces, but I think apologizing was the right thing to do in this circumstance.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:43
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I found the tweet funny but I can see how people could get offended by it.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:44
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Volume posted:I didn't find the tweet funny but just seems kind of odd that they apologized over that when they have stuff like a photoshopped Google homepage about 9/11 and a "top ten cutest child soldiers" slide show. The child soldiers thing though is the kind of thing where point being made is strong enough to hold up the fact that its offensive.
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Ariong posted:It seemed as though he thought the fact that this joke was pulled was the most ridiculous thing in the world. Nah, I just thought it was a funny joke and I didn't get the outrage. Let's be honest though, kids are pretty cunty. When I was eight I broke my friend's collar bone by jumping on him, and then farted in his face. Great times.
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Echo Chamber posted:Maybe my standards are just really low, but I'm glad the apology was "sorry for what we actually did" and wasn't something along the lines of "sorry if you were offended." Your standards are low because that's pretty much how everyone influential apologizes these days. "I'm sorry if you were offended by my actions" isn't an apology, it's a cop-out designed to shift the blame. I thought the joke was dumb, and I'm glad they apologized. This video, however, was hilarious and pretty much sums up the GOP's problem: Republicans Reach Out To Women With New 'No Punch Pretty Lady' Bill
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PYF The Onion Tweet Controversy
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It's very jarring to see The Onion apologize for a joke (which I found funny, though not necessarily "deep"), but they need income from ads to stay afloat, so of course they have to bow down and do a politically correct apology if they get too much heat. It's sad, but that's how it works when your customers are big corporations. In other news, Pope Accepts Senior Analyst Position At Catholic Think Tank.
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Eb posted:It's very jarring to see The Onion apologize for a joke (which I found funny, though not necessarily "deep"), but they need income from ads to stay afloat, so of course they have to bow down and do a politically correct apology if they get too much heat. It's sad, but that's how it works when your customers are big corporations.
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Eb posted:It's very jarring to see The Onion apologize for a joke (which I found funny, though not necessarily "deep"), but they need income from ads to stay afloat, so of course they have to bow down and do a politically correct apology if they get too much heat. It's sad, but that's how it works when your customers are big corporations. Or maybe they genuinely thought it was unacceptable? The Onion manages to have a pretty progressive bent despite their biting, moribund satire and it's not at all a stretch to imagine that they would find calling a 9 year-old girl a oval office to be wrong. Nah, there's no way that those funny joke-makers could possibly be challenging your worldview, they just must be at the beck and call of the corporate PC police! 
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Or maybe they genuinely thought it was unacceptable? The Onion manages to have a pretty progressive bent despite their biting, moribund satire and it's not at all a stretch to imagine that they would find calling a 9 year-old girl a oval office to be wrong. Moving on, I still chuckle over this headline/picture (and the related comments on Literally Unbelievable): Michelle Obama Not So Keen On President's New Bangs
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Or maybe they genuinely thought it was unacceptable? The Onion manages to have a pretty progressive bent despite their biting, moribund satire and it's not at all a stretch to imagine that they would find calling a 9 year-old girl a oval office to be wrong. Seriously, maybe The Onion's head dudes read that, read the responses they were getting, and went 'ok, maybe just calling a child a oval office wasn't cool, we should not do that, in the future'. It's not like it was the stinger in some long article or whatever that was designed to shock you, it was just a random tweet calling a 9 year old a oval office, that's a pretty reasonable thing to go 'woops, yea, sorry' about. I just don't see the whole PC police aspect happening.
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The Onion is certainly no stranger to controversy (see Jewish Texans Commemorate Holocaust... Texas-Style! if you aren't convinced by now). I almost think the issue with the tweet was that it fell completely flat: everyone was getting pissed, and no one was laughing. That's a significantly more sincere apology than I would expect from almost anyone these days, so I'm satisfied. (For what it's worth, the Texas Jews article is the only one that's ever made me uncomfortable.)
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