gullible

People have a really hard time deciphering what is real news and what is obviously a joke. Who knew the unintended consequence of satirical news would be your grandma thinking the rapture happened. Whether it's a state of uncanny gullibility or just poor reading comprehension, a lot of mistaken people do not understand satire.

Just when you think people can't stoop low enough, they respond seriously to an Onion article. Is it a lack of critical thinking skills? Poor reading comprehension? Zero sense of humor? Bogus knowledge of the real world and an inability to distinguish between fact from fiction? Okay, yeah it's probably a combination of all of these. Anyway if you liked these then here's more times people assumed The Onion was trying to be a reputable News source.

Really feel the stupid.

Some people will just believe ANYTHING. 

Some gullible guppies will blow your damn mind when it comes to the kind of fabricated bullshit they'll ignorantly believe till you tell 'em you straight up spewed it out of your ass. For pure entertainment purposes and dragging these lies out, I selfishly wish these people had never learned they were being fed nothing but stories and factoids that couldn't have been further removed from the truth. 

Apparently, the absurd headlines weren't enough to alter the credibility of these preposterous news stories. Welcome to the Internet, meet The Onion!