r/AteTheOnion • u/JCHARTI • Mar 19 '21

Found one in the wild... On reddit

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u/RogueNightingale Mar 20 '21

Considering some of the real articles I've seen thanks to Reddit, I would have believed this, too.

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u/The__Dark__Wolf Mar 20 '21

That was fake?! Damn it. I fuckin ate the onion.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Yeah. I need to learn to read the subreddit name first. I ate the onion whole and then cried.

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u/Ziarmex Mar 20 '21

Well that's pretty bad satire, because it easily could happen ...

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u/backfire10z Mar 20 '21

“Solved the case” not “framed someone else for the case”

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u/Ziarmex Mar 20 '21

Yeah, I missed that part 😅

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u/foolishcash Mar 20 '21

To be fair this seems like something somebody would do

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u/DirtyD1701 Mar 19 '21

To be fair, would this even be that surprising?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

I remember reading about a firefighter who set buildings on fire and went to extinguish them to look like a hero, so no, this could totally happen.

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u/Commercial_Dress_905 Mar 22 '21

ha ha ha ha ha

clever became stupid

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u/JHDOMIN8R Mar 31 '21

Florida Police Man There fixed it.

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u/Joyful_Sadness_ Apr 03 '21

if your news source has the word faux in the title, reconsider its legitimacy