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Hellfire103@lemmy.ca to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 day ago

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away

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Hellfire103@lemmy.ca to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 day ago
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WASHINGTON—Alarmed at the prospect of unconstitutional overreach by the Trump administration, millions of fearful Americans have already begun stockpiling facts before the federal government comes to take them away, sources confirmed Friday. “I know my rights as an American, so you’d better believe I’m getting my hands on as many facts as possible and keeping them somewhere safe where this First Amendment–hating president of ours can’t snatch them all up,” said Pittsburgh resident David Edelman, 38, adding that he was worried that President Trump planned to not only suspend production of facts, but also seize existing ones, leaving Americans and their families completely defenseless. “The minute I saw Trump, I knew he was someone who didn’t grow up around facts or the kind of folks who use facts. Well, the founding fathers cherished my right to possess facts, and they’d be rolling in their graves if they knew the Feds were going to bust in and try to steal our facts in the middle of the night.” A spokesperson for the Trump administration dismissed such fears, saying that the president merely wanted to keep facts away from certain dangerous people.
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  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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    I literally downloaded wikipedia a few nights ago.

    • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
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      I wonder if old books are going to increase in value because people know they weren’t edited or generated by AI?

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        Idk, I downloaded a shit ton of free books too.

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    The fact that this was published in 2017 makes it even funnier.

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      And sadder. But satire is like that sometimes.

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        “Sadire”

    • Hellfire103@lemmy.caOP
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      2017? It was on the front page!

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    This is satire but it’s a very prudent idea to grab a copy of wikipedia

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    This is not funny.

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      The Onion has been a reputable news source for a long time now.

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