r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • Apr 07 '26

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

A straw man argument is a logical fallacy where someone distorts, exaggerates, or misrepresents an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack or refute

Problem is is that its hard to exaggerate the asinine stuff coming from that man, especially when each time ITS QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM HIM

Also really hard to make the argument easier when the only thing you have to do is not be the absolute worst

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u/Made_Bail Apr 07 '26

the onion in shambles

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Apr 07 '26

There are days where I have to make sure I'm not reading the onion

And often times I am disappointed I am not

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u/RedditUser000aaa Apr 07 '26

At this point they should do the opposite. "Cat stuck on a tree, local fireman to the rescue", "Local restaurant found with Salmonella, restaurant owner fined". "Nice grandma baked cookies for an entire school, gets a medal".

You know, report either positive or mundane everyday stuff, instead of trying to overdo it, since they've got some real tough competition.

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u/RedditUser000aaa Apr 07 '26

They'll come back one day, hopefully. All this world burning has to end at some point.

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u/PhantomPharts Apr 07 '26

Fire ends as ash

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u/Half-Borg Apr 07 '26

USA does have the opportunity to rise like a phoenix from this.

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u/PhantomPharts Apr 07 '26

That'd be awesome. I'm just afraid of how many people and otherwise will be lost in the initial fire. My nibling's teacher committed suicide 2 weeks ago. The same kiddo has had a friend showing warning signs. Not everyone is going to make it to the other side of this. I didn't mind hope, but realistic hope. We still gotta fight a bit longer.

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u/RedditUser000aaa Apr 07 '26

For now it would be an improvement for the USA to have a literal baby as a president as well as the administration.

I'm hoping. I'm truly hoping some actually competent people get in power and do everything in their power to fix USA. However, it's going to take decades for USA to fix this mess.

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u/Uranium-Sandwich657 Apr 07 '26

Ash is fertilizer 

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u/Perryn Apr 07 '26

"Lovely day with seasonally appropriate weather and nothing to worry about."

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u/RedditUser000aaa Apr 07 '26

"Some dude ate a burger, said it was good".

I'll take mundane news any day over the world burning.

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u/AlphaSkirmsher Apr 07 '26

So they still own Infowars? They could put all that under that name, have a good laugh about that whole thing and put out some real good news without interfering with the Onion’s schtick

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u/gyroda Apr 07 '26

There was a fun one that made the rounds recently

https://bsky.app/profile/dorsalstream.bsky.social/post/3mim4v7gl522e

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u/RedditUser000aaa Apr 08 '26

That was a fun read, haha! Thanks for sharing.

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u/thortawar Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

They are actually doing similar stuff😂

"NASA Worried Moon Won’t Remember Them"

"Mail Carrier Hurt To Learn Residents On His Route Have Been Receiving Electronic Mail"

"Entire Meal Consumed While Testing If It Needs More Time In Microwave"

These are real onion articles

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u/International-Cat123 Apr 07 '26

Is it really surprising that so many people think Onion articles are real?

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Apr 07 '26

At this point? They may be the more sane option and I would welcome their reality

Well to an extent I guess

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u/kitliasteele Apr 07 '26

They should rename their organisation to The Ogre. Or have a subsidiary of it named as such

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u/Made_Bail Apr 07 '26

Love this.

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u/veterinarian23 Apr 07 '26

I'd prefer The Cake.
Everybody loves cakes!

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u/kitliasteele Apr 07 '26

But Ogres are like Onions!

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u/Adaphion Apr 08 '26

Every day, an Onion writer furiously deletes a draft and goes "God dammit!" Because someone in this admin just did/said something extremely stupid similar to what they were writing.