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Satire in 'The Onion'

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Study Finds Majority Of God's Blessings Burn Up On Entry To Atmosphere

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Satirizes the common religious statement that a deity provides blessings and how they often don't seem to manifest in reality.

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CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years

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Mocks government intelligence failures and bureaucracy.

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Employee Using Up Sick Days Before Leaving Company

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Pokes fun at the tendency of workers to use all their benefits before exiting a position.

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Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids

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Satirizes the reactive nature of safety regulations due to isolated incidents.

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Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be

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Mocks individuals who vehemently defend their personal interpretation of legal documents without fully understanding them.

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Area Mom Raving About Phoenix

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Pokes fun at the tendency of some people to become overly enthusiastic about relatively mundane topics or places.

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Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequence

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Targets the justice system's leniency towards the affluent and their ability to avoid repercussions.

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Historians Discover First Union Organizers Were Brutally Murdered By James Naismith In 1891

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Satirizes historical narratives and their sanitization over time, particularly in relation to labor rights.

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More Offices Offering Women Flex-Time To Care For Aging Parents Over Skype

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Jabs at the lack of substantial labor policies for caregiving and the insufficiency of 'modern' solutions.

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Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt

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Parodies the stereotypes and cliches associated with the autumn season and those who embrace them.

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Man Who Just Bought 75-Inch TV Worried He's Becoming Disconnected From Reality Of Everyday Americans

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Highlights the disconnection between consumer behavior and the awareness of socio-economic realities.

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Jurisprudence Fetishist Gets Off On Technicality

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Pokes fun at the legal system's occasional emphasis on procedural issues over substantive justice.

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Woman's Solo Hiking Trip Shockingly Doesn’t Have To Do With Inner Journey Or Anything

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Mocking the assumption that women's activities must always have a profound personal meaning or purpose.

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Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

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Satirizes the tech industry's push for minimalist design sometimes at the cost of functionality.

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Grandmother Doesn't Know Own Grandson Well Enough To Get Him Right Video Game

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Highlights generational disconnects and the difficulty of understanding the personal tastes of different age groups.

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Company Immediately Calls Job Applicant Upon Seeing 'B.A. In Communications' On Résumé

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Satirizes the perceived low value of certain college degrees in the job market.

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New SeaWorld Show Just Elephant Drowning In Large Tank Of Water With No Explanation

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Criticizes animal entertainment facilities and the treatment of animals within them.

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Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once

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Mocking the human desire for recognition in performing mundane or minimally challenging tasks.

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Funeral Home Patronizes Mourning Family Members By Expressing Sympathy

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Mocks the perfunctory and sometimes insincere expressions of sympathy in business settings.

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Teen In China Relocates Family To Secure Coveted High School Parking Spot

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Satirizes the extreme measures taken in highly competitive environments for seemingly trivial advantages.

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Netflix Sends Message To Check If Area Man Okay After Watching Entire Season Of Show In One Sitting

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Lampoons the binge-watching culture and the streaming services that enable/enhance this behavior.

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God Kills One Of His Own For Second Time In Human History To Save American Football Season

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Satirizes the glorification of sports figures and the extreme significance placed on sports in American culture.

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New Report Finds Only 5% Of Americans Have Correct Context To Understand How Bad News Actually Is

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Exaggerates the lack of understanding or perspective on current events among the general population.

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Man's Anxiety Not About To Let Depression Muscle In On Turf

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Humorously personifies mental health conditions, highlighting the struggle of dealing with multiple conditions.

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New Ouija Board App Just Auto-Corrects To 'Satan'

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Pokes fun at the modernization of classic activities and the sometimes humorous implications of technology like auto-correct.

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Cookies Named After What You'd Have To Do To Burn Them Off

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Highlights society's obsession with calorie counting and the corresponding guilt associated with enjoying food.

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Price Of Gold Increases Every Time Man Wonders How Much Gold Costs

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Mocks the seemingly arbitrary nature of financial market changes and our human tendency to feel personally connected to large scale phenomena.

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Economists Warn Anti-Business Climate Will Hurt Nonexistent Small Shop Owners

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Satirizes the inflated rhetoric surrounding economic policies and the imagined impact on small businesses.

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6-Day Visit To Rural African Village Completely Changes Woman's Facebook Profile Picture

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Targets the superficial engagement with and romanticization of poverty by people from affluent countries.

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Thousands Of Roomba Robots Escape Testing Facility

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Pokes fun at the fears of artificial intelligence and robot uprisings.

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