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The Onion is apparently apologizing for the tweet last night -- (link)
Posted by
oblique (aka kkuphal)
Feb 25 '13, 08:53
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https://www.facebook.com/TheOnion/posts/10151500974969497
(www.facebook.com)
Responses:
I really don't get why people didn't get that joke.
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TFox
Feb 25, 08:55
22
I got it. I am not surprised people overreacted. -- nm
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ty97
Feb 25, 08:59
1
This' -- nm
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amoxy
Feb 25, 09:00
Yeah, I didn't think it was out-of-bounds. -- nm
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nubby, Astro-lord
Feb 25, 08:59
actually, i think that sort of crosses a line.
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Andie
Feb 25, 08:59
7
i don't think there's anything all that magical about that word, except that because it's not as common, it packs more oomph.
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TFox
Feb 25, 09:00
5
that word pushes particular buttons. They knew and paid the price for it.
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Mel Profit
Feb 25, 09:02
3
i get that. it's a main reason i like coming up with my own words, because when they get repeated into submission, they're not useful anymore.
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TFox
Feb 25, 09:05
right, i get the joke, i don't care that they made fun of a 9 year old, it is strictly the word-choice. -- nm
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Andie
Feb 25, 09:03
1
and it's particularly a failure because the entire joke was that word.
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Mel Profit
Feb 25, 09:06
just speaking for me (and many people I know), it's an extra special word.
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loosilu
Feb 25, 09:01
yeah, it's the word choice. -- nm
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loosilu
Feb 25, 09:00
(I'm not saying it's the pinnacle of comedy or anything, but like... chill out, people.) -- nm
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TFox
Feb 25, 08:55
10
It would be one thing in an adult comedy club, but it was on a forum open to all ages. -- nm
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Max
Feb 25, 09:04
meh
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znufrii
Feb 25, 08:58
7
She'was the only kid. I mean, what jackass out there really thinks a kid is a c***? -- nm
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CQ
Feb 25, 09:00
3
if someone joking tweeted that about your daughter, would you laugh it off? -- nm
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Andie
Feb 25, 09:00
2
i mean, probably, because it's so ludicrous. same reason i love making fat jokes to incredibly thin and gorgeous women.
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TFox
Feb 25, 09:02
If my daughter was up for an Oscar at her age? Yep. It's the Onion being the Onion. -- nm
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CQ
Feb 25, 09:02
for that joke, it was a perfectly chosen target. -- nm
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TFox
Feb 25, 08:59
1
Maybe I just don't get it. What's the joke outside of calling the child that name? What is there to get about that? -- nm
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Elvis
Feb 25, 09:03
that's why they did it -- nm
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Beaker
Feb 25, 08:58
How dare you endanger a child! A child! Think of the poor precious children. Their poor poor ears. The Children dammit! -- nm
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CQ
Feb 25, 08:57
Unless they're joking! -- nm
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mara
Feb 25, 08:55
i actually missed this - what did it say? -- nm
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Andie
Feb 25, 08:54
6
I know they called wallis a cunt. I tried to google for it but her name is so damn stupid I can't spell it well enough to even get it toauto complete -- nm
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amanda
Feb 25, 08:56
Here, Salon screencapped it. -- (link)
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loosilu
Feb 25, 08:56
inside
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Don Homer
Feb 25, 08:56
2
they'll be lucky if some of the monsters in her movie don't show up at their house...
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Beaker
Feb 25, 08:57
1
I still don't know. -- nm
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Diva
Feb 25, 08:59
here -- (link)
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oblique
Feb 25, 08:56
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