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Amaryllis

(11,069 posts) Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:08 AM Dec 24

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Do you remember the olden days when

you didn't have to check to see if it was Borowitz or The Onion to know if it was satire?

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Do you remember the olden days when (Original Post) Amaryllis Dec 24 OP

Yes MustLoveBeagles Dec 24 #1

Yes, and I miss the days when I didn't Grim Chieftain Dec 24 #2

or to see what he has done overnight. Sneederbunk Dec 24 #5

Or MAD magazine Historic NY Dec 24 #3

Yes lol JMCKUSICK Dec 24 #4

We've been in Superman's Bizarrro World for a few years now. Martin68 Dec 24 #6

Indeed malaise Dec 24 #7

You betcha! paleotn Dec 24 #8

When Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor the Onion put it on the front page and ran it straight. Similar to when Fil1957 Dec 24 #9

Yes! KT2000 Dec 24 #10

When the biggest deal was, BidenRocks Dec 24 #11

Yup, wake up every morning vapor2 Dec 24 #12

MustLoveBeagles

(15,054 posts)

1. Yes

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:38 AM

Dec 24

I've been fooled many times lately.

Grim Chieftain

(1,391 posts)

2. Yes, and I miss the days when I didn't

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:38 AM

Dec 24

have to run to the computer first thing in the morning to see if the cancer in our White House had been removed - by whatever means possible.

Sneederbunk

(17,324 posts)

5. or to see what he has done overnight.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:51 AM

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Historic NY

(39,769 posts)

3. Or MAD magazine

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:44 AM

Dec 24

JMCKUSICK

(5,328 posts)

4. Yes lol

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:50 AM

Dec 24

Martin68

(27,243 posts)

6. We've been in Superman's Bizarrro World for a few years now.

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:51 PM

Dec 24

malaise

(293,765 posts)

7. Indeed

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:54 PM

Dec 24

🎄🎄🎄 :santa

paleotn

(21,770 posts)

8. You betcha!

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:24 PM

Dec 24

Fil1957

(611 posts)

9. When Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor the Onion put it on the front page and ran it straight. Similar to when

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:26 PM

Dec 24

Tina Fey was impersonating Sarah Palin, on some skits, she just repeated verbatim what Palin had actually said.

KT2000

(22,023 posts)

10. Yes!

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 02:01 PM

Dec 24

BidenRocks

(2,908 posts)

11. When the biggest deal was,

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:54 PM

Dec 24

Is it live?
Or is it Memorex?
Sing it Ella!

Those days?

vapor2

(4,025 posts)

12. Yup, wake up every morning

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:53 PM

Dec 24

to see what country he has invaded (or Rubio or hegseth) OR which city he has deployed troops. I am sick of living with this turmoil and chaos.

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