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QueerDuck

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37. Good satire is always just a little bit believable...

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 05:40 AM

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... this is good satire.

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RFK Jr.: 'Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins' [View all] milestogo Feb 17 OP

I love how this kook has become the Onion's new punching bag Blue Owl Feb 17 #1

He makes it so easy. milestogo Feb 17 #3

This has to be The Onion's least satirical piece of satire in recent memory. sop Feb 17 #2

I thought it was real until I scrolled down and saw the Onion link. raccoon Wednesday #38

Someone help me here. What part is satire and what part is what RFK Jr. really said Raven123 Feb 17 #4

Held my breath there for a second NickB79 Feb 17 #5

I didn't even check if it was the Onion RandomNumbers Feb 17 #13

That's not going to stop stupid, paralyzingly incompetent parents Aristus Feb 17 #24

Don't forget to let them eat roadkill and lick toilet seats dalton99a Feb 17 #6

No no... we do coke off of the toilet seats. OldBaldy1701E Feb 17 #20

Wow, that lobster is done. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 17 #7

LOL 2naSalit Feb 17 #9

I finally figured out who... 2naSalit Feb 17 #8

Build the immune system snorting coke off toilet seats during their terrible 2s. n/t flvegan Feb 17 #10

The world we live in. Ferrets are Cool Feb 17 #11

Onion... must you come so close to reality? sakabatou Feb 17 #12

Actually- it's a real thing people do womanofthehills Wednesday #33

I was surprised to see it was "The Onion." It sounds like something Wormboy would come out with. Vinca Feb 17 #14

You have to read carefully, cause I thought he really said it ashredux Feb 17 #15

This is his formula: milestogo Feb 17 #22

No shit! Escape Feb 17 #16

Wouldn't put it past RFK Jr KarenNotKaren Feb 17 #17

How about we try it with him first nt Javaman Feb 17 #18

Actually, it's something lots of people do womanofthehills Wednesday #35

maybe because I live in Texas and this is considered insanity. nt Javaman Wednesday #39

I hate the fact that I believed it...In other times I would have laughed right away, but with these baffoons? Escurumbele Feb 17 #19

I think the Satire alert should come FIRST. yorkster Feb 17 #25

That is why one checks the link. niyad Wednesday #36

But the link is at the bottom... yorkster Wednesday #40

I had to check the link! niyad Feb 17 #21

Satire: Still dead. Aristus Feb 17 #23

Why does it seem so credible to believe he would say such a thing? Norrrm Feb 17 #26

He's such a wackadoodle, he might just think this is a great idea tulipsandroses Feb 17 #27

Oh good god--- I believed so much that this was real, Jack Valentino Feb 17 #28

I was hoping that would be from The Onion, but with RFK Jr, you never know. Thank God it was The Onion highplainsdem Feb 17 #29

I hate how long it took me to catch on. Iggo Feb 17 #30

It's almost believable. Kennedy is weird. Emile Feb 17 #31

I've said it before: The Onion is no longer funny. Sogo Feb 17 #32

Caught Me AGAIN! 😳 But Is It On Me, Really---Or RFKJR?! ColoringFool Wednesday #34

Good satire is always just a little bit believable... QueerDuck Wednesday #37

I honestly could not tell this was the Onion until I saw the link LymphocyteLover Wednesday #41

Thank goodness we must post links. But the very fact that Onion can produce allegorical oracle Wednesday #42