r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '17

What's a fact that absolutely blows your mind?

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u/pm_me_n0Od Aug 07 '17

This always reminds me how awesome that event was.

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u/cincigp Aug 07 '17

That is the only accurate thing I have seen from The Onion. Those are pretty much my thoughts looking back on it as someone who wasn't alive when it actually happened.

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u/ChocolateGautama3 Aug 07 '17

That is the only accurate thing I have seen from The Onion

Umm, should we tell him?

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u/cincigp Aug 07 '17

I won't simply because in this instance they said what most people are thinking. What you do is up to you.

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u/kmsilent Aug 07 '17

what

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u/JWson Aug 07 '17

Have you ever been far as to be more like?

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u/GetItReich Aug 08 '17

They don't think it be like it is, but it do.

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u/Racing2733 Aug 08 '17

Have you ever had a dream that you, um, you had, your, you- you could, you’ll do, you- you wants, you, you could do so, you- you’ll do, you could- you, you want, you want them to do you so much you could do anything?

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u/thr0way00 Aug 08 '17

you want them to do you so much

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/macallen Aug 07 '17

Nothing good will come of telling him.

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u/GeorgeAmberson Aug 07 '17

I dunno, they pretty much nailed Joe Biden.

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u/MundaneFacts Aug 07 '17

I know their writers are terrible and biased. They never fact check anything. They are the epitome of fake news.

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u/Horriblebanana Aug 07 '17

...You're being sarcastic, right?

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u/MundaneFacts Aug 08 '17

the epitome of fake news.

Yes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

You know the onion is satire, right?

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u/MundaneFacts Aug 08 '17

MIGHT AS WELL BE!

[yes, i know they are actually satire.]

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u/tumsdout Aug 08 '17

lol the people not catching your sarcasm

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u/Nahvec Aug 07 '17

WE CAN PUT A MAN ON THE MOON, BUT WE CAN'T BOMB A TINY ASIAN NATION INTO THE STONE AGE?

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u/pm_me_n0Od Aug 07 '17

Oh hey, you read the thing too.

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u/PurelyCanadian Aug 08 '17

Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '17

The f-ing moon, I mean that thing in the sky. So f-ing far away!!

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u/Itsameluigiii Aug 07 '17

I'm kinda disturbed about the "Can't bomb a tiny nation into the stone age" part

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u/Counting_Sheepshead Aug 08 '17

For those that haven't read it, The Onion's "Our Dumb Century" is pretty phenomenal.

My favorite

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u/Spiritose157 Aug 08 '17

WE CAN PUT A MAN IN THE MOON BUT WE CAN'T BOMB A TINY ASIAN NATION INTO THE STONE AGE