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I mean... That's one way to deal with unwelcome solicitors (startrek.website)
submitted 11 months ago by Stamets@startrek.website to c/funny@lemmy.world
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[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 86 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

It makes more sense when you look at the rest of site. It's a "satire" news site. It's not a real story.

I thought "That doesn't sound like something a real journalist would write", and sure enough... Scroll down to the bottom, and you find

KVTA4 is a fabricated satirical newspaper and comedy website. KVTA4 uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases when public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who would even believe:

Not to mention the strange erotic sensations they were feeling for the first time as well.

That's straight up erotic fan fiction. lol

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I got to that point and was a little disappointed tbh, I wanted this to be true lol

[–] Nahvi@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Their motto at the top, "News you can count on to let you down"

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Damn, I missed that too haha

[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It seemed fake when they said two young men on bicycles. That’s more Morman style. In my experience JWs are an older, very conservative looking lady with a “FML” child in tow carrying copies of The Watchtower.

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

I once had a roommate who was a JW, and after he moved out we kept getting JW missionaries at our door for weeks afterwards. It was just like you described. They take a child with them to deter people from being rude.

[–] WillFord27@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Am I the only one completely exhausted with "satire" news? We have enough misinformation as it is, and now we know how dangerous it can be. It's not funny anymore.

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 11 months ago

When it's done well, it's great. I love The Onion. The problem is people writing stories that look like real news and then pretending that it's satire.

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s one thing when the site is obviously satire but they’re clearly trying to appear as a real news site. It’s so unnecessary

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

It's necessary to get them clicks.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 6 points 11 months ago

So you're saying I shouldn't purchase this Jehovah's witnesses costume?

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

Well, the Witnesses got what they want because THANK GOD