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Boeing Expresses Condolences in Advance of Second Whistleblower's Suicide (hard-drive.net)
submitted 8 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/theonion@midwest.social
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[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 65 points 8 months ago

This one actually tricked me for half a second and made me do a double take

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 39 points 8 months ago

Top comment on the article: "He's going to be so young when he dies. Condolences to his family :("

[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is such well-made satire... And people seem to be losing the ability to distinguish satire from real stuff

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

IDK, this one is pretty blatant, not sure how anyone could misread it.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why am I tasting onion? 😅

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Om nom nom

[–] tattletaletimes@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Condolences to the future whistle blower's family who committed suicide by shooting themselves 3 times in the back of the head.

[–] ModsAreCopsACAB@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

This is actually true now 💀

[–] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is real or fake? This is not the onion?

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's satire. Despite the community being called The Onion, articles from all satire sites are allowed. See the sidebar for an (incomplete) list of links.