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If only. Fuck JD Vance
That would probably actually work on Musk.
"please stop bullying me I will give you a pony"
Just call him Pope Francis and it might happen
Ok, good.
Can someone explain what this is satire of? Or is it just random?
It's dark, American humor. Teen girls are brutal, and legitimately have led other teen girls to suicide.
This country is so fucked up.
Edit: This was quite funny, though. Again, dark humor haha.
Teen girls are notorious for bullying, mostly kids in middle school (ages 11-14 for non-americans) in general are terrible
The onion typically bases their satire on recent political developments so I thought maybe he had shown to care about the opinion of teenage girls in a less extreme way or something similar. So in this case there is no actual deep satire and just being a bit silly?
typically? not really
Maybe you haven't realized it, but it's most definitely the case.
It really feels split to me. The local news section has always gotten to me.
technically Donald Trump has always been deeply moved by little girls. some say he's spent countless hours with little girls behind closed doors and that he's well versed in training them for obedience.
others say Donald Trump is a pedophile.
If only there was some sort of list
the onion doesn't always have to be prescient philosphizers, sometimes you can just make a joke about a terrible person killing themselves
I'm sure this would be real if some of us got a chance, tbf
I wish he was that sensitive. Trump and Musk, sure. Vance is the smarter, worse type of Republican imo.
He isn't terribly smart. Just not quite as stupid as Donnie.
The bar is not that high. You just need to stop digging when the shovel is still in usable condition.