Turns Out A Lot Of People Think “Onion” Headlines Are Real (20 Pics)

I sure hope none of these people read Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”.

These 20 people below were confused by the satire on popular site The Onion and truly believed that the stories, which I again stress are not real, were… real.

Pity these fools.

‘Ate The Onion’ is a subreddit dedicated to collecting screenshots of these — bless their hearts — morons.

1. Flue. Shot. She says.

2. Yes. Yes they did, dumb dumb

3. Honestly, I do not.

4. How could he not get it!?

5. I mean, we’re doomed, and because of one person in this picture, but it’s not Biden.

6. So young

7. Lawd

8. TBH, I say: go for it.

9. It’s not, dude. Chill.

10. Nobody. That’s the joke.

11. Dumb baby.

Stupid baby from AteTheOnion

12. Nobody would, kid. Nobody would.

why would anyone want to do this it would be so fucking gross and sticky https://t.co/7ecR2ULqI2

— ‘ (@silkspun) March 26, 2021

13. Oh, vegans.

Vegans in an uproar over a fake article. from AteTheOnion

14. Down with GTA

Idiot parents know nothing of games from AteTheOnion

15. I– sigh.

Sorry to burst this bubble, but Apple Maps *does* still show Russia.

— Know Thank You DEFUND POLICE (@tofumusubi) March 7, 2022

16. What a dumb sub

I can’t let this BEE unseen from AteTheOnion

17. Oof.

FDA Approves First Artificial Tumor from AteTheOnion

18. What a question

@TheOnion wait, if he shot it how can it fly..?

— Aviyah Pepperstone (@aviyahsworld) September 26, 2015

19. To be fair.

To be fair, it’s a plausible sounding story. from AteTheOnion

20. Flat

Drank the flat white onion. from AteTheOnion