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"The Onion office in New York confirmed that the tweet was not a hack, however, saying, “This is satire. That’s how it works.”"

http://tinyurl.com/6dccns9

9/29/2011 11:48:56 AM

the Onion has never reported anything legitimate have they? their followers should know better than to believe anything as truth

9/29/2011 11:50:33 AM

They stopped being funny 5 years ago.

9/29/2011 11:50:57 AM

make it never and we are in agreement!

9/29/2011 11:54:12 AM

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"They never started stopped being funny 5 years ago."

fixed

9/29/2011 11:54:26 AM

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"the onion may have just gone too far.... "

Negative.

9/29/2011 11:54:38 AM

Can i join the club that's intellectually above The Onion's humor?


oh wait, i'm not a pretentious douchebag.

9/29/2011 11:58:47 AM

i'm certainly not above their humor - but a hostage situation in the capitol?

yea not funny

9/29/2011 12:00:43 PM

Check your oversensitivity at the door please.

9/29/2011 12:02:00 PM

its stupid

9/29/2011 12:02:06 PM

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"but a hostage situation in the capitol?"

Congressmen being held hostage. Don't really care.
Children being held hostage. Really care.
Children being held hostage by congressmen. Funny.

9/29/2011 12:02:40 PM

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"their followers should know better than to believe anything as truth"

9/29/2011 12:04:47 PM

its very family guyish

the punchline just doesnt relate to anything, i can sit there and make up shit like and make a site about it

the onion has had a lot better stories. Maybe its the tweet format but this one is just lame

9/29/2011 12:07:56 PM

I don't think they really thought this one through.

9/29/2011 12:22:20 PM

i don't necessarily think they went too far

but it's not a funny joke

9/29/2011 12:47:37 PM

What about this story is "too far"?

9/29/2011 1:06:00 PM

family guy sucks

lowered the bar for comedy

9/29/2011 1:08:25 PM

^^^ has TheOnion ever had a funny joke?

9/29/2011 1:21:33 PM

TheOnion is not my type of humor, but if I recall correctly, you imbeciles were posting links to Onion articles left and right back in its hayday.

9/29/2011 1:27:22 PM

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" but it's not a funny joke"

I can't even see how it's a joke at all? how can you turn armed congressmen holding 12 children by gun into a joke without a funny punchline? you can't end the joke there or else it's not a joke!

9/29/2011 1:29:30 PM

the joke is the ransom demands

and that obama said boehner is absolutley capable of killing children

9/29/2011 5:20:14 PM

i think its hilarious
lolololololol

9/29/2011 5:48:26 PM

It's a satirical joke about all the political rhetoric that Congress has been "holding America hostage" with the threats of government shutdowns and ransoming our children's futures by playing games with Social Security funding. And it's hilarious.

9/29/2011 5:52:41 PM

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"how can you turn armed congressmen holding 12 children by gun into a joke without a funny punchline?"

Not that I expect you to understand, but this is what's known as a "one-liner."

9/29/2011 6:24:54 PM

FUNNY

9/29/2011 6:42:57 PM

ITT, people hating on The Onion for being....The Onion.

9/29/2011 6:44:27 PM

this thread

9/29/2011 6:45:39 PM

^

9/29/2011 6:47:57 PM

^^^, ^^, ^

9/29/2011 6:52:26 PM

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7098026/miami-dolphins-brandon-marshall-seeks-passion-second-quarter-ejection-vs-new-york-jets

10/13/2011 10:59:25 PM

where was that story going anyways?

10/13/2011 11:13:10 PM

comedy can't go too far, it can only be "funny" or "not funny"

10/13/2011 11:18:08 PM

This made me LOL when the NCAA Tournament was considering expanding to 128

http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/video/ncaa-expands-march-madness-to-include-4096-teams,14317/

[Edited on October 13, 2011 at 11:56 PM. Reason : ]

10/13/2011 11:53:47 PM

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"Can i join the club that's intellectually above The Onion's humor? oh wait, i'm not a pretentious douchebag."

10/14/2011 4:24:41 AM

i think its funny.

bunch of comedy snobs ITT

10/14/2011 8:21:56 AM

^^^ lol yeah that was a good one.

10/14/2011 8:32:57 AM