WASHINGTON—Lighting up his phone night and day with their cruel taunts, a group of teenage girls reportedly convinced Vice President JD Vance to kill himself Tuesday. “Everyone I know thinks you’re so gross,” 16-year-old Bailey Hayworth said in a video message she sent to Vance, causing the vice president of the United States to throw […]
Can someone explain what this is satire of? Or is it just random?
Teen girls are notorious for bullying, mostly kids in middle school (ages 11-14 for non-americans) in general are terrible
The onion typically bases their satire on recent political developments so I thought maybe he had shown to care about the opinion of teenage girls in a less extreme way or something similar. So in this case there is no actual deep satire and just being a bit silly?
typically? not really
Maybe you haven’t realized it, but it’s most definitely the case.
It really feels split to me. The local news section has always gotten to me.
technically Donald Trump has always been deeply moved by little girls. some say he’s spent countless hours with little girls behind closed doors and that he’s well versed in training them for obedience.
others say Donald Trump is a pedophile.
If only there was some sort of list
It’s dark, American humor. Teen girls are brutal, and legitimately have led other teen girls to suicide.
This country is so fucked up.
the onion doesn’t always have to be prescient philosphizers, sometimes you can just make a joke about a terrible person killing themselves