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The Onion, that venerable source of satire both topical and historic, is today dipping its toes in the premium content pond. The result: “Future: News from the Year 2137″, an Onion-ised look at the world of tomorrow today. More »
The Onion pisses on pretty much the entire gadget-making game with this fake news piece. Lots of cursing, do not watch unless you have a mouth like a Gizmodian.
Oh, Onion News Network! You and your team of reporters never fail to make us laugh with your jabs at Apple.
I don’t want to spoil anything here more than the headline already has, but the visually hilarious Onion News Network has a biting critique of the movie rental chain Blockbuster. We actually like Blockbuster because of our grandfathered unlimited in-store exchanges and two free game rentals a month, but this is still pretty funny. [The Onion]
