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You're missing out then. What you're describing is true much of the time, but in others the content is just amazing: https://www.theonion.com/planned-parenthood
by TulliusCicero 6y ago
You're missing out then. What you're describing is true much of the time, but in others the content is just amazing: https://www.theonion.com/planned-parenthood-opens-8-billion-abortionplex-1819572640 https://www.theonion.com/planned-parenthood-opens-8-billion-...
> "Although we've traditionally dedicated 97 percent of our resources to other important services such as contraception distribution, cancer screening, and STD testing, this new complex allows us to devote our full attention to what has always been our true passion: abortion," said Richards, standing under a banner emblazoned with Planned Parenthood's new slogan, "No Life Is Sacred."
- willturman 6y agoAgreed. They absolutely nail the headlines, but the content is top-notch as well. I'm regularly reminded of this one from 2013: https://www.theonion.com/jesus-this-week-1819574831 https://www.theonion.com/jesus-this-week-1819574831 > "WASHINGTON—Calling the last four days of American life just…I mean, talk about a goddamned punch in the gut, citizens across the nation confirmed today that, Jesus, this week. This fucking week, sources added. Christ."
- nonce42 6y agoThe Onion headline I think about regularly is from January 2001: "Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'". It was supposed to be a joke, but was prescient, promising a "Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years" and a deep recession. https://politics.theonion.com/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-prosperi-1819565882 https://politics.theonion.com/bush-our-long-national-nightma...
- kgwxd 6y agoRemove the '2013' joke from the end and this could be reused a lot.