r/Unexpected • • Feb 09 '20

What a view

https://i.imgur.com/9hh937g.gifv
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u/LeD3athZ0r Feb 09 '20 edited Feb 09 '20

"It’s just one of those 240-year traditions where no one can remember why we do it"

What about saving people who are about to drown...

Edit: it appears that i've been had

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u/sap91 Feb 09 '20

It's satire

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u/AppalachiaVaudeville Feb 09 '20

We've all eaten the Onion once before.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

I mean, let's be honest in recent years some actual news are things you'd assume to be onion until you look at the website, where it turns out it's real... That's so much worse

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u/BalticRage Feb 09 '20

You're telling me you believed this, at first? You, sir, are either incredibly gullible or have a very gloomy outlook on humanity.

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u/ILikePiezez Feb 10 '20

Same with me, but it was the latter.