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At first I read the headline and thought, huh, that's pretty sad, I guess too many people were being fooled by Onion stories.

Then I realized it was an Onion story.

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> Then I realized it was an Onion story.

From the looks of it, indeed too many people are still being fooled by Onion stories.

I think the reason is that reality is catching up with The Onion. There is an entire subreddit called /r/NotTheOnion just for that, real stories that could be on The Onion.

Indeed, I find it hard to tell the difference between reality and an elaborate prank these days.

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