These folks jumped the gun on whether the article they were reading was a joke or not. We get why they're so angry. Hell, we would be just as mad if we thought these headlines were real. The thing is, they're very obviously not. If you wanna see more people overreacting to more satire they didn't get, then check these out.
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Before reacting to a headline, always check the source and make sure that you're not alerting everyone on your feed to the fact that you didn't understand an obvious joke. The Onion has been around for decades, but people still get duped by their joke headlines, like all the time.
Editor Gideon Lichfield offered a wonderfully ironic complaint in regards to an article about the conformity of nonconformists. We couldn't have asked for some more solid irony. Are hipsters even still a thing? It's been like forever.
How hard is it to discern between a news source and a humor website? Did these people leave their thinking caps at the door? That said, boy does it make you feel smart to be in on the joke when someone else is scratching their head.
Via BBC
An intrepid Louisville, Kentucky delivery driver delivered his pizzas in spite of the fact that he was carjacked and stabbed in the back. Coincidentally, and luckily for him, his destination was the emergency room of a local hospital. He managed to bring the pizzas into the building to make the delivery before collapsing from his wound. According to local news station WKLY, he is in stable condition and recovering well.
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Invest in a flask; something slim, and not too ostentatious. But don't drink from it. Instead, go with a college-era trick: use either opaque containers (like a disposable coffee cup) or ones that dissemble what the liquid actually is (certain lighter beers resemble apple juice). Then sip. You cannot grimace after each sip. Dead giveaway. And keep the sideways smirking with any coconspirators to a minimum.
By thunderweasel (Via Yahoo News)
Science finally proves what music snobs have been saying for years.
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Luckily he didn't have any money.
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That's an awfully suggestive finger.
