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Re:Jeff Lawson Buys The Onion by modeless on Thursday April 25, 2024 @09:24PM (#40164968)
My favorite Point/Counterpoint is https://www.theonion.com/according-to-the-economist-nasa-is-... "According To The Economist, NASA Is An Industrial Subsidy In Disguise vs. Oooh, Look At Me, I Read The Economist!"

I also have to give a shout out to the time they predicted the five blade razor a year before it came out: https://www.theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-bla...

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Re:Jeff Lawson Buys The Onion by Scarblac on Friday April 26, 2024 @02:30AM (#40166476)
As a nice crossover, the Economist predicted the number of blades to go to infinity in this beautiful graph: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2006/03/16/....
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Re:Jeff Lawson Buys The Onion by imron on Friday April 26, 2024 @03:42AM (#40166795)
And then there's this from 1992 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YleuLyCUx28
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Re:Jeff Lawson Buys The Onion by porl on Friday April 26, 2024 @10:13PM (#40176519)
I didn't have to click on the link to know what this would be. Love the D Generation and the Late Show.

Truly champagne comedy.

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