Betty Boop asked a question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvFD8wnirL5AdgwuIRE_Y7vd7BR.?qid=20070309105311AAT0qlA where it seemed as if she met some people who actually believed this Onion article http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39512 "Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory".
I remember waiting for a professor who had http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27720 "Bush Sends Troops to West Nile" on his door, and a girl read it and got really angry about Bush's warmongering tendencies.
So, have you ever observed anyone believing an Onion article?
2007-03-09 06:06:07 · 6 answers · asked by Doc Occam 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There was a case where The Onion printed a story saying that Congress was threatening to leave Washington unless it got a new building with a retractable roof (spoofing baseball team owners).
This story was reprinted as though it were real in a state-run Chinese newspaper.
2007-03-09 06:11:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yup. sadly, in my own religion (not, thankfully, someone I was personally affiliated with.) I pulled her aside and she acted sheepish for weeks.
2007-03-09 06:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's one letter away from Orion and reminds me of Oreos :P
2007-03-09 06:12:06 · answer #3 · answered by Cyber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I love reading some of their satire.
2007-03-09 06:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's pretty funny.
2007-03-09 06:09:38 · answer #5 · answered by RcknRllr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I'm from WI- We know what they are up to and we love it!
:)
2007-03-09 06:08:27 · answer #6 · answered by kermit 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋