Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away

https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

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obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 35 pts · 345d (3 replies)

The fact that this was published in 2017 makes it even funnier.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 22 pts · 345d (1 reply)

And sadder. But satire is like that sometimes.

Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 345d

“Sadire”

hellfire103@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 345d

2017? It was on the front page!

ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 345d (2 replies)

I literally downloaded wikipedia a few nights ago.

SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 345d (1 reply)

I wonder if old books are going to increase in value because people know they weren't edited or generated by AI?

ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 345d

Idk, I downloaded a shit ton of free books too.

0x01@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 345d

This is satire but it's a very prudent idea to grab a copy of wikipedia

unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 345d (1 reply)

This is not funny.

hellfire103@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 345d

The Onion has been a reputable news source for a long time now.