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  On 6/30/2023 at 4:32 PM, The Frankish Reich said:

I'm not "offended" by the Babylon Bee. It is just consistently unfunny. I mean, just a pale imitation of peak Onion.

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The only thing funny from the Onion was their sports stuff.

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  On 6/30/2023 at 6:05 PM, Doc said:

 

The only thing funny from the Onion was their sports stuff.

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This one drove a now-exiled poster into a he-doth-protesteth-too-much rage:

 

https://www.theonion.com/man-knows-unsettling-amount-about-nationwide-age-of-con-1819565878

 

We have some current posters who similarly know an unsettling amount about various practices of the fringiest parts of the LGBT community.

 

The power to throw a nutcase into a rage is usually a sign that the humor is on point ...

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  On 6/30/2023 at 6:26 PM, The Frankish Reich said:

This one drove a now-exiled poster into a he-doth-protesteth-too-much rage:

 

https://www.theonion.com/man-knows-unsettling-amount-about-nationwide-age-of-con-1819565878

 

We have some current posters who similarly know an unsettling amount about various practices of the fringiest parts of the LGBT community.

 

The power to throw a nutcase into a rage is usually a sign that the humor is on point ...

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The same applies to those who don't find the Babylon Bee funny.

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  On 6/30/2023 at 7:14 PM, wnyguy said:

C'mon msn, the Bee has made me laugh more than once.

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I know some folks read Ann Althouse's blog - retired law professor. I remember her saying the same thing about the BB - she just doesn't find it funny, even when it is attempting to skewer something she thinks deserves to be skewered. Maybe a little too obvious?

That was what (used to be) fun about The Onion. Here is one that keeps coming to mind whenever I see one of those "first ever disabled gender neutral to do [blank] stories:

 

https://www.theonion.com/area-teen-quickly-running-out-of-chances-to-be-first-op-1819575437

 

Maybe it's the longer format rather than the Twitter-friendly headline only? Or just more clever writers.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an unexpected turn of events, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has rocketed to the top of polls for the 2024 Democratic Party nomination for president after suffering what appeared to be a stroke in the middle of a press conference yesterday.

 

"We all know Democrat voters love impaired candidates," said pollster Frank Luntz. "Joe Biden, John Fetterman, and Diane Feinstein are all beloved among Democrat voters. It makes sense that they would flock toward Senator McConnell after his unexplained episode. With this latest health scare, he's the ideal Democratic candidate."

 

 

 

 

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