Not so funny Onion satire about AA flying into mountains
Jul 7, 22, 8:45 pm
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Not so funny Onion satire about AA flying into mountains
I doubt the author of this Onion piece has a clue about AA 965 that actually did crash into a mountain in 1995.
While I normally get a chuckle out of satirical Onion stories, this one seems to hit all the wrong notes.
https://www.theonion.com/american-ai...1849148042/amp
While I normally get a chuckle out of satirical Onion stories, this one seems to hit all the wrong notes.
https://www.theonion.com/american-ai...1849148042/amp
Jul 7, 22, 10:21 pm
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I can only think of one way that article could have been more cringeworthy... and I'm not even going to say it...
Jul 7, 22, 10:24 pm
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The authors were careful not to promise the people who "upgrade to first class or business class" a PDB because no one would believe it.
Jul 7, 22, 11:08 pm
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Jul 8, 22, 12:26 am
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I doubt the author of this Onion piece has a clue about AA 965 that actually did crash into a mountain in 1995.
While I normally get a chuckle out of satirical Onion stories, this one seems to hit all the wrong notes.
https://www.theonion.com/american-ai...1849148042/amp
While I normally get a chuckle out of satirical Onion stories, this one seems to hit all the wrong notes.
https://www.theonion.com/american-ai...1849148042/amp
What a stupid article. I didnt find it offensive, but I also didnt think it was funny/comical in any way, either.
Jul 8, 22, 10:11 am
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This really is cringeworthy. Satire doesn't mean something that would presumably kill people. I mean it's along the lines of when I think it was Howard Stern called the reservations line at Air Florida after that tragedy and asked to book a one way ticket to the 14th street bridge.
Jul 8, 22, 10:25 am
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This really is cringeworthy. Satire doesn't mean something that would presumably kill people. I mean it's along the lines of when I think it was Howard Stern called the reservations line at Air Florida after that tragedy and asked to book a one way ticket to the 14th street bridge.
Jul 8, 22, 11:08 am
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Jul 8, 22, 11:16 am
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lots of planes hit mountains including this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ...nes_Flight_965
The Orion piece is not at all satirical or funny. Not even "dark humor". It's just tasteless.
