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RIP Syndrome
Feb 24, 2016



As a kid, I had these pegged as science fiction magazines for the longest time. Apparently it peaked at a circulation of more than a million. I really didn't get America :psyduck:

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RIP Syndrome
Feb 24, 2016

MizPiz posted:

No one actually believed those were real. Even the most far-gone conspiracy theorist knew they were all fake.

Well that's a relief, then. My reasoning was something like "Is it humor? Well, unless the punchline is 'lol nothing matters' every time, it's not particularly funny, and there's no factual content. Why print/buy this?" Like, The Onion is more obviously funny.

Some of the contemporary fake news stuff is using "satire" as a cover with content bordering on that of WWN, so if it's really a problem, people got dumber.

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