this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

If The Onion had posted this news two years ago I'd have thought it was too far-fetched to be funny. Now, though...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. I ate the onion for a solid 30 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, before I saw it was The Onion I thought this was real.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whomever is doing isglitch is doing a great job

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

... in what sense?

Everyone going 'oops, almost got me!' means they suck at satire. If you have to be told it's bullshit, then it's not satire, it's just bullshit. It's comedically-phrased lying. Satire has to go beyond the realm of plausibility. This? This is wholly believable.

And that's at least half of these AI-scented IsGlitch submissions. The response to a punchline should not be "... oh, they're not serious." It is supposed to punch.