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One of my favorite online "news" sources is The Onion, the U.S. satirical "newspaper" that bills itself as "America's Finest News Source". They write about politics, sports, popular culture, et al., and seem to have a real knack for telling things the way they really are, even if it's all made up. They stopped their weekly print version a few years ago, which was offered in many large U.S. cities, but continue to have an active online presence.
Earlier this week they posted a "Commentary" that folks here might enjoy, titled: "I'm Your Classic Case Of Always The Bridesmaid, Never The Little Ring Bearer Boy"
I apologize in advance to those outside the U.S. who may have trouble accessing their website. I've had issues myself when I've traveled to Canada.
Nitewatchman
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I'll Never Forget...
The day before President Bush's 2001 inauguration, they wrote a parody of Bush's speech, announcing the end of our national nightmare of peace and prosperity.
-- Daphne Xu
Well this is funny enough.
Cute even!
An I do like a good satire piece. I would hope most people get it.
With a story like the one you linked it should be obvious enough.
What disturbs me lately is all the "fake news sites" that are presented as if real with no disclaimer, and that many people take as real true news. It even seems that often supposedly legit mainstream source often have facts* that disagree with each other. It has become hard to tell what is true any more. Then again we might have been being told one unifying lie previously.
~Hypatia >i<
* And yes, I do mean actual factual details not just opinion or spin on it.
More satire
Probably one of the best-remembered satirical articles about Australia was published on SatireWire in January 2002, "Australia Gets Drunk, Wakes Up in North Atlantic" (http://www.satirewire.com/news/jan02/australia.shtml).
For home-grown satire (current, but probably unintelligible to non-Australians), we have "The Backburner" (http://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/person/backburner).
Koala
Inside every older person is a young person wondering what the heck happened.