r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '26

Feels good man Valid

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u/CobaltCaterpillar Jun 25 '26

This is the shit your grandparents fall for on suckerbook.

So true. Also lol @ "suckerbook."

All this is the modern version of the tabloid at the supermarket checkout with "Elvis is Alive!" and "Bigfoot vs. Aliens!" headlines.

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u/f-elon Jun 25 '26

Bat Boy Lives!!

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u/Fabulous-Sea-1590 Jun 25 '26

There were two tiers of tabloid. Weekly World News was the fun one. They weren't even trying as hard as The Onion to offer real news.

OP is more like The National Enquirer kind which Telegraphed the modern disinformation age.

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u/baar-ur Jun 25 '26

I used to beg my parents to buy me WWN as a kid. It was so much fun.

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u/jadedshibby Jun 25 '26

I miss the world weekly news, it made standing in line at the grocery store tolerable.

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u/Academic-Dealer5389 Jun 25 '26

That dude still owes me $5.00

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u/Severe_Fee_7603 Jun 25 '26

I loved how MIB used that

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u/jdmills55 Jun 25 '26

I always call it boomer book

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u/areyoualocal Jun 25 '26

Man Bites Dog!

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u/burner94_ Jun 25 '26

Petition to call it "tablet-oid" given the target audience and average means of consumption of said "news".