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Comments reacting to the article's absurdity by comparing it to The Onion or sharing similar satirical, humorous links and content.

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Sample Comments

esafak • Oct 20, 2025 • View on HN

There has to be an Onion article for this.

LMYahooTFY • Mar 16, 2021 • View on HN

This is hilarious.Do you happen to have any links regarding this? Would love to read more.

barsonme • Nov 23, 2016 • View on HN

Funny. Almost reads like an Onion article :-)

ramchip • Jan 7, 2009 • View on HN

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33296Not really on topic, but I chuckled.

justsomehnguy • Nov 7, 2022 • View on HN

I think you will find this one amusing:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33158687

benjiweber • Oct 25, 2015 • View on HN

Never read http://abstrusegoose.com/ ?

anonymousDan • Apr 7, 2017 • View on HN

That's hilarious! Do you have a link to an article about it by any chance?

paulsmith • Jul 15, 2009 • View on HN

Sorry, but this smacks a little of "I Can't Believe the Zed Shaw Posts They Make Me Read!" http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33604

tlrobinson • May 4, 2009 • View on HN

Apropos: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694

Foomandoonian • May 20, 2012 • View on HN

This seemed relevant: http://unfunnythings.tumblr.com/post/1312737586/theoatmeal