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The Picard Maneuver to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 1 year ago

12-Year-Old Spends Entire Hiking Trip Fantasizing About Which Video Game He’ll Play When He Gets Home

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12-Year-Old Spends Entire Hiking Trip Fantasizing About Which Video Game He’ll Play When He Gets Home

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The Picard Maneuver to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 1 year ago
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CHATHAM, NH—During a long-planned excursion with his family through the White Mountain National Forest, 12-year-old Austin Tanden is said to have spent an entire hiking trip Tuesday fantasizing about exactly which video games he would play when he got home. “First, I’m going to boot up Fortnite and see if any of my…
  • Possibly linux
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    30•1 year ago

    Wait, why did they post real content?

    • @DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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      5•1 year ago

      If the Onion stopped posting satire and just started posting actual “human interest” stories and quotes from insane people on Facebook, how would we know?

      How long could they get away with it?

      • @SuperSynthia@lemmy.world
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        Part of me thinks they already do haha

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