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highplainsdem

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3. AI slop illustration. Very disappointing from The Onion. The writing isn't up to their usual standard, either.
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:23 PM
May 9

Makes me wonder if they're using AI for ideas and/or writing.

This piece published today is even worse:

Dad Impressed By How Easily New Lawn Mower Tore Through Son’s Leg

https://theonion.com/dad-impressed-by-how-easily-new-lawn-mower-tore-through-sons-leg/

“Look at this thing go—didn’t even hiccup gliding through all that tibia!” Hoyer said as he wiped a streak of blood from his brow, adding that he reckoned the machine could have handled a leg twice as large as his son’s without any difficulty.


So that's at least two "satirical" pieces published the same day by The Onion that are about children being harmed by their fathers.

The Onion used to be funny, but this is just disgusting.

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