i think the onion is overestimating the general public's 20th century history knowledge
this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2025
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General public maybe, onion readers maybe not.
Who cares, generalizing content for the masses is how you get the slop Onion was making before. This one is absolutely hilarious for those that know.
Something about the importance of knowing history and repeated doom or whatever.
I had a chortle, and then checked the prices for flights to Argentina.
getting on a plane seems ill-advised nowadays....
You're right, I should take a Uboat.
I am at the point in life where sometimes I genuinely struggle to understand if a news headline is an onion post or not. What a time to be alive.