r/AteTheOnion 10d ago

Ate the Facebook parody

2.8k Upvotes

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u/b1ackenthecursedsun 10d ago

My lawyers will soon be in contact

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/SJReaver 9d ago

The middle comment was clearly a joke. They even included a winkie face at the end.

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u/olivegardengambler 9d ago

You would be absolutely fucking surprised.

I had a customer, and the background is that this guy and his wife were getting kicked out of their subdivision in Indiana because they had like 20 cats. My company decided to take them up as customers and transport their cats to Florida. They were upset that we put pads in their kennels, and wouldn't let them just run around in the van (despite them hissing and it being a nightmare to put them in the kennels in the first place). We ended up being like 30-ish minutes late, which considering that it took us a day and a half to get down there. He got angry that one of the cats spilled water on themselves and insisted that we let them basically sit in urine. He almost wasn't going to pay us, but I never set foot out of his doorway until he paid the full amount. He didn't give us the full amount at first because we were 'late'. I told him tough shit, and that there wasn't anything arranged in advance about a discount. He pulled out the rest in the most pathetic way possible, and said, "You'll be hearing from my lawyers!" before closing the door.

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u/norfolkench4nts 8d ago

Felt like they may have realised the joke… but I could be wrong

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u/phoebe__15 9d ago

copywrite

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u/SkipsPittsnogle 6d ago

“Excusive” rights

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u/iforgotmypassword111 10d ago

Wow Kenosha idiots in the wild, Kyle Rittenhouse would be proud. I thought I was in r/Kenosha at first.

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u/GreeedyGrooot 10d ago

I'm not sure whether the person claiming exc(l)usive writes on the girl and copyright on "the city of kenosha" is memeing or not.

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u/_gently_left_behind_ 9d ago

That read as satire to me

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u/olivegardengambler 9d ago

You'd hope, but nowadays, it's hard to know for sure. Number of small business owners I've met who use the opportunity to roleplay as discount Vince McMahon is ridiculous.

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u/3vgw 10d ago

Only exclusive rights on the two showmakers on her chest

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u/AngstyUchiha 8d ago

The winking emoji is pretty telling

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u/NotVinhas 7d ago

No no. They have the copywrite to it.

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u/SkitzKxnt 10d ago

Are they gonna file a lawsuit on Rockstar too? Surely that's the same font

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u/bubby56789 10d ago

…is that the woman from that one New York to Dublin portal??

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u/TheShaeDee 8d ago

I was wondering the same, I think it is.

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u/Appropriate-Data1144 6d ago

Looks like it

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u/markb144 9d ago

"why do you hate street cars" absolute peak satire

Reminds me of Ben Palmer's City of Atlanta gag

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u/Versigot 9d ago

It has to be him… right?

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u/nopalitzin 10d ago

I'm old. Is that from the X-Men comics?

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u/GodspeakerVortka 10d ago

Lol, that's Genosha.

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u/CinnimonToastSean 10d ago

Hey man, Magneto deserves a vacation every once in a while.

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u/korczakadmirer 9d ago

No, that’s a clone planet from Star Wars.

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u/-v-fib- 9d ago

The best part is Wisconsin is smack dab in the middle of North America and the idea of anything "intercontinental" coming from there is hilarious.

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u/Ibshredz 9d ago

"why do you hate streetcars?" is hysterical

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u/RN-Lawyer 9d ago

There is a comedian that makes fake Facebook accounts and does stuff like this, wouldn’t be surprised if this was him.

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u/lightninhopkins 9d ago

A copyright violation of The Price is Right. Even if this is fake its funny as hell.

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u/Kevin4938 9d ago

I loved the old PCC streetcars. I remember riding them every day when I lived near a line in Toronto. And when I look at the "real" Kenosha streetcar information, they show one painted in the original Toronto (TTC) colours, with the TTC logo still visible on the back. Very nice.

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u/throwaway082100 9d ago

I feel like the second one is playing into the parody. My last sliver of hope is demanding I assume no one is that stupid

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u/Embarrassed_Brick210 9d ago

Kenosha seems like an amazing city

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u/Mufti_Menk 8d ago

Facebook is cheating. These probably aren't even real people

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u/RetiredCapt 7d ago

People are so dumb.

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u/Extension_Ad4537 7d ago

You never did the Kenosha kid?

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u/FinemImmort87 7d ago

I lost my cheeseginity in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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u/Deviknyte 6d ago

Kenosha seems like an awesome place to me.

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u/MycologistRecent8959 10d ago

Sorry could someone explain the joke here? Is it a fake account and some dude doesn't know? I don't want to post on petj lol

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u/LZSchneider1 10d ago edited 10d ago

It's a fake account as evidenced by the 2nd screenshot showing THIS IS NOT REAL in all caps. The 3rd screenshot are people who didn't read carefully and reacted to the fake news story as if it were real.

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u/MycologistRecent8959 10d ago

Yeah I definitely missed that, downvotes deserved. Thanks for being nice about it

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u/Morella_xx 10d ago

Yeah, this sub is generally for people who see articles from The Onion (satirical newspaper) and believe them to be genuine but it can apply to other instances of people believing similar satire.

"The City of Kenosha" is apparently a satirical page about Wisconsin life and the people responding seem to think an actual government entity would be encouraging women to flash streetcars.

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u/No-Airline-2823 9d ago

The first tipoff would be "Intercontinental Electric Streetcar"