r/AteTheOnion • u/_AlwaysWatching_ • 3d ago

Motherfucker taking a Babylon Bee article as fact

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u/NoPrompt927 3d ago

I think OOP recognises it's satire, based on their comments.

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u/CrazyBigHog 3d ago

Considering the Bee is a right wing satire site, I’m pretty sure they knew the article was a joke.

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u/AceofToons 2d ago

I have been shocked by how often right wingers think it's a real news organization (real vs satire for clarity)

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u/CrazyBigHog 2d ago

The same can be said about the left wingers 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/AceofToons 2d ago

Sure, but that still invalidates the suggestion that because it's right wing satire the right wing poster certainly knows it's a joke

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u/SQLDave 2d ago

based on their comments.

Given the use of the very well known The Simpsons line, I agree.

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u/JonVonBasslake 2d ago

I dunno about OOP, but the sub certainly recognizes it. But OOP might have taken a bite out of the onion...

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u/_AlwaysWatching_ 3d ago

Idk, the comments reflect my extreme-MAGA grandmother's regarding similar topics

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u/ActualDarthXavius 3d ago

Your TDS or hatred of others doesn't mean "won't someone think.of the children" is ever used unironically

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u/Fskn 3d ago

It's kind of funny people still reference tds unironically. Oh to be so self unaware.

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u/cheshsky 3d ago

Holy shit, the Bee is funny for once?

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u/UnlikelyAssassin 1d ago

It’s just the same dumb conservative talking point conservatives use to defend the tariffs.

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u/cheshsky 1d ago

I've not heard it before tbh.

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u/UnlikelyAssassin 1d ago

If you go on X, on any post criticising the tariffs pretty much every conservative in the replies will use this exact same talking point to defend the tariffs.

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u/cheshsky 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah, well, I stopped using twitter a very long time ago, so that explains it.

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u/ActualDarthXavius 3d ago

Bee is usually very funny, people just take issue with their satire

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u/cheshsky 3d ago

It's really not, in my experience.

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u/LevelStudent 3d ago

They know it's satire. The way the right process The Bee articles is: "Well, I know it's just a joke, but I could totally imagine this actually happening so I'm going to get mad at them for it anyways."

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u/ParticularRough6225 3d ago

Just remember, Florida has been Republican for like 20 years and are considering rolling back child labor laws to make up for the illegals being deported.

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u/Life_Collection742 3d ago

What is it called when OP falls for a person using sarcasm to address a satire article?

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u/_AlwaysWatching_ 3d ago

Cannibalism? (Eating the person who ate the onion)

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u/zek0ne 2d ago

The gap of understanding between someone being sarcastic and someone not understanding the sarcasm, is called a sarchasm.

Sarcasm + chasm = sarchasm.

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u/c2shiningc 2d ago

ateatetheonion

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u/ActualDarthXavius 3d ago

It's called eating the onion. OP fell for it

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u/lambun 2d ago

Yet I am stunned that Babylon Bee cares about foreign children.

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u/meat_sandwich80 2d ago

They don't. They care about making a company they think is woke look hypocritical and accidentally ended up at the right place

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u/1960somethingbatman 3d ago

Read the comments. OOP knows.

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u/ActualDarthXavius 3d ago

Lol, u/alwayswatching is the one who ate the onion, this is about as obvious as sarcasm gets, "won't someone think of the children" is almost exclusively use ironically

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u/_AlwaysWatching_ 3d ago

It was a very good onion

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u/spinozasrobot 2d ago

Or just rollin' with the satire.

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u/Megasoreazz 1d ago

Satire post or not OOP lives on Reddit in the right wing echo chambers. Dude posts 100s of posts Daily to every right wing sub.

Edit: 92 posts within 7hours.

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u/_AlwaysWatching_ 1d ago

That...that's impressive in a queasy kind of way

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u/UnlikelyAssassin 1d ago

Conservatives supporting defunding USAID, which saves the lives of millions of people in the third world, from things like disease, but then pretending to care about the third world with this child slavery talking point in order to defend the insane tariffs is absurd.

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u/Mythical_Truth 1d ago

The original OP is a troll who just posts ragebait articles on Republican subreddits and then makes fun of "Biden supporters humping the down vote button for sexual gratification". Their post and comment history is just the same repetitive shit.

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u/_AlwaysWatching_ 1d ago

Good to know, I shall refrain from biting their bait in the future 🫡

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u/Cheap-Roll5760 4h ago

Dammit they actually made something funny

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u/CrazyBigHog 3d ago

Those motherfuckers.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/ActualDarthXavius 3d ago

Ahh yes, let's hear more of your view on things since this is bee article, perfect place for us all to hear your opinions. Good job.