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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit I ate the onion.

[–] RizzRustbolt 15 points 9 months ago

It's close enough to the actual story to fool most folks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

same

[–] street_pigeons 68 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I can't believe I almost fell for this

[–] TropicalDingdong 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I 100% thought it was real.

[–] agent_flounder 2 points 9 months ago

You're not alone. This is fake but my outrage is real!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I fell for it until seeing the related content was other Onion articles.

[–] username_unavailable 1 points 9 months ago

My first reaction was, "Holy cow, how many times did they count "god" in there without catching VeggieTales?"

[–] Sludgehammer 17 points 9 months ago

Those poor veggies must be traumatized after watching me eat the onion.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

We are the politicians, who don't do anything.

[–] GlitterInfection 11 points 9 months ago

I saw that this was from the onion before reading the headline and I refuse to believe that this isn't real despite that.

[–] darganon 3 points 9 months ago

Barbara Manatee is a jam

[–] Got_Bent 3 points 9 months ago

I feel like he's mansplaining. Can we please get back to the Soviet onion?