Congess demanded a new Capitol building!

[wm2k1]

The Onion recently wrote an article about Congress threatening to leave Washington, if they don't get a new building. http://www.theonion.com/onion3820/congress_threatens.html

It was by all mean a joke, but the Chinese actually fell for the gag.
http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=search&StoryID=1062704

ROTFLMAO

[bigperm]

That is funny.

[trenzterra]

those editors are stupid.

[Jan]

Originally posted by trenzterra
those editors are stupid.
Not necessarily, some people believe everything that they see on the net is true :confused2

[Giancarlo]

I have seen people not see the pathetic satire on theonion and actually believe the articles.

From my view, I think the site should be shut down because it is stupid.

[Rodie]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
I have seen people not see the pathetic satire on theonion and actually believe the articles.

From my view, I think the site should be shut down because it is stupid.

Did they publish an article that mocked Bush once or something? :confused:

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Rodie


Did they publish an article that mocked Bush once or something? :confused:

I don't know and don't care. :rolleyes: :mad:

My point is the satire is just plain stupid.

[shizzle]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
I have seen people not see the pathetic satire on theonion and actually believe the articles.

From my view, I think the site should be shut down because it is stupid.

No... satire is funny. Not everything has to be strict and orthodox and law-like. Making fun of people is the American Way! And... all the other countries' way! And its funny. Nothings wrong with some laughs, right?

[lotsofissues]

Damn straight!!!
Why must we so easily toss away the rights intrepid patriots like Larry Flynt fought so bravely for?

[jmiller]

Aww, poor GC doesn't like the content on theonion.
I'm sick of your goddamn, superior attitude.
I honestly don't care about your opinion anymore.
You sit around on these forums all day trying to make others inferior, and being some wannabe-mod.
Heezus.

[syd]

You might think the satire is stupid, but unfortunatly nobody cares :)

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by jmiller
Aww, poor GC doesn't like the content on theonion.
I'm sick of your goddamn, superior attitude.
I honestly don't care about your opinion anymore.
You sit around on these forums all day trying to make others inferior, and being some wannabe-mod.
Heezus.

Why don't you take your own stupid opinion and shove it? I could care less what you think... and as I don't know you and have never seen you post around here I am asking you to be quiet. You are nothing but just a hooligan to this forum trying to stir up trouble.

I don't sit on these forums all day. :rolleyes:

[Toefur]

Originally posted by Giancarlo

My point is the satire is just plain stupid.

It's actually quite clever, witty, and intelligent.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Toefur


It's actually quite clever, witty, and intelligent.

Pshaw! (That is a word I use for saying "No it is not")

[Dusty]

It's also a word tens of millions of others use for saying the same thing, why'd you feel the need to define it?

Anyway, though this wasn't a prime example, The Onion does have well-written satire. Quite sad that anyone wouldn't recognize it as satirical, even more so considering the over-the-top nature of this article. I'd expect a bit more from those working for a newspaper.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Dusty
It's also a word tens of millions of others use for saying the same thing, why'd you feel the need to define it?

Well I didn´t know that. And when I learn these new words I never heard of I usually say them funny... and that is where people get off to calling me Fez. :D

Anyways, TheOnion did have on funny article a long time ago, but mostly ones I find offensive. ;)