The whole point of satire or parody is for people to realize and appreciate the humor, not to shock people with an alarming statement you don’t even clarify for 12 minutes - an eternity in the Twitterverse.

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Isn’t the point of The Onion that everything they do is satire. That being said, it wasn’t a good joke, but it’s obvious that if The Onion is the only person covering it then it’s nothing to worry about. 

Quit worrying about The Onion and keep focused on the real news. Wall Street, election issues, and w/e else that isn’t The Onion related. 

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thedailywhat: Bad Joke of the Day: Hahahaha! Wait… I don’t get it. Neither did a lot of other people, some of whom thought The Onion’s Twitter account might have been hacked. It seems the satirical periodical was attempting to reference a new piece just posted to its site. A follow-up Tweet made the whole thing clearer, but the Capitol Police still felt the need to issue a statement denying The Onion’s report. “It has come to our attention that recent twitter feeds are reporting false information concerning current conditions at the U.S. Capitol,” said Sgt. Kimberly Schneider in the statement. “Conditions at the U.S. Capitol are currently normal. There is no credibility to these stories or the twitter feeds. The U.S. Capitol Police are currently investigating the reporting.” Oops. Not The Onion: “The Onion reports a fake emergency in the Capitol building, the Capitol Police get really pissed.” [@theonion / wapo.] It’s The Onion. Let me repeat that. It’s The Onion.

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thedailywhat:

Bad Joke of the Day: Hahahaha! Wait… I don’t get it.

Neither did a lot of other people, some of whom thought The Onion’s Twitter account might have been hacked.

It seems the satirical periodical was attempting to reference a new piece just posted to its site. A follow-up Tweet made the whole thing clearer, but the Capitol Police still felt the need to issue a statement denying The Onion’s report.

“It has come to our attention that recent twitter feeds are reporting false information concerning current conditions at the U.S. Capitol,” said Sgt. Kimberly Schneider in the statement. “Conditions at the U.S. Capitol are currently normal. There is no credibility to these stories or the twitter feeds. The U.S. Capitol Police are currently investigating the reporting.”

Oops.

Not The Onion: “The Onion reports a fake emergency in the Capitol building, the Capitol Police get really pissed.”

[@theonion / wapo.]

It’s The Onion. Let me repeat that. It’s The Onion.

(Source: thedailywhat)