Nαtαshα :mastodon:Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt
Oct 9, 2026, 10:19 PMThis in The Onion was six months ago ...
https://theonion.com/doj-to-bring-back-firing-squad-as-means-of-entertainment/
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Sophie, Pumpkin Spice Lesbiansophiesometimes@anarres.familyOct 9, 2026, 10:24 PM@Natasha_Jay I don’t think I’ve hugged the Irish soil yet today. I really need to do that.
- Nαtαshα :mastodon:Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbtOct 10, 2026, 11:00 AM
@sophiesometimes
I try not to post on US politics even ironically because it's too dreadful, but yeah 🫂 
VissViss@mastodon.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:25 PM@Natasha_Jay i wonder if the writers of the onion feel anything like the writers of the division at this point
Oct 9, 2026, 10:46 PM@Viss @Natasha_Jay It feels like they're giving ideas to these people in charge... Unwillingly, of course.
thriftwickerthriftwicker@mastodon.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:41 PM@enthraxxx @Viss @Natasha_Jay Forget project 2025. Project Onion is where the real power is.
Heathen 🐈heathen_cat@furs.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:53 PM@Viss @Natasha_Jay
I think they're all just writing where they see this all going and using satire as a cover.
QCATOPR :donor:timjclevenger@infosec.exchangeOct 9, 2026, 10:28 PM@Natasha_Jay Bread and circuses, except nobody can afford bread.
ChocoDrawingChocoDrawing@mastodon.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:21 AM@timjclevenger @Natasha_Jay well, what about cake then? Have you tried that? XD
Oct 10, 2026, 12:57 PM@timjclevenger
NO BREAD ONLY CIRCUSES- No Fate: Butlerian Jihad Nowglitzersachen@hachyderm.ioOct 9, 2026, 10:33 PM
Somebody thought this was their own press release from the future.
qqjoonq@vivaldi.netOct 9, 2026, 10:43 PM@Natasha_Jay I wonder if whatever AI that trump is using actually suggested public execution and it got it from this onion article? 😂 That would be insane but i would not be surprised at all at this point!
Oct 9, 2026, 11:14 PM@Natasha_Jay Watching the US, is like watching the 2001 opening scene on rewind.
- Olle GladsøOlle_Gladso@mastodon.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:17 PM
@Natasha_Jay The Onion needs to stop giving the administration ideas.
Rotanrotan@mastodon.ieOct 9, 2026, 11:23 PMObviously The Onion borrowed the crystal ball from The Simpsons.
Oct 9, 2026, 11:29 PM@Natasha_Jay definitely foresight to predict what media personalities would gravitate toward. Hegsbreath and Demented Don remain media ghouls at heart.
- Robertrvetter@mastodon.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:44 PM
@Natasha_Jay can usually depend on the onion for biting satire, unfortunately this is the truth.
Amandineeco_amandine@mastodon.crOct 10, 2026, 12:31 AM@Natasha_Jay oh no.
Perrin42Perrin42@mastodon.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:39 AMOnionostradamus? Or Poe's Law?
- Oct 10, 2026, 12:57 AM
@Natasha_Jay I’m left wondering what are the chances that Pete asked Grok what the legal recommendations for executions are in 2026 and Grok summarized this Onion piece for him as actual guidelines from the DOJ…
- Jimjoe_IsBackJimjoe_IsBack@mastodon.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:36 AM
@Natasha_Jay We are a pathetic nation.
Kim Possible :kimoji_fire:kimlockhartga@beige.partyOct 10, 2026, 1:39 AM@Natasha_Jay oh shit.
Oct 10, 2026, 1:50 AM@Natasha_Jay was it asimov who said that works of fiction aren’t how to manuals?
Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦deborahh@cosocial.caOct 10, 2026, 12:31 PM@skoombidoombis @Natasha_Jay perhaps. But also: Atwood 😰.
Oct 10, 2026, 2:03 AM@Natasha_Jay Oh my, I wonder if pete even understands satire. Since it doesn't seem to, maybe the onion could do some retirement speeches or letters.
Evelyn Octavia •̀ ᴗ -EvelynOctavia@c.imOct 10, 2026, 2:42 AM@Natasha_Jay them be like: i swear it's just a coincidence!
Oct 10, 2026, 3:18 AM@Natasha_Jay ....and now, MAGA wants a new holiday season event to share their joy.....
vruzvruz@mstdn.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:28 AM@Natasha_Jay They may be joking about firing squads. They would be unwise to assume people who talk about guillotines are joking.
Rebecca Wallacewallacewords@mastodon.sdf.orgOct 10, 2026, 5:07 AM@Natasha_Jay *insert gif of capt picard slowly shaking his head*
Steve Thompson PhDSteveThompson@mastodon.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:56 AM@Natasha_Jay Pretty sure I posted it then, too. Oh, the irony. And sheer horror. Circus Maximus stage of state decline. Hail, Caesar...
oliparcholiparch@framapiaf.orgOct 10, 2026, 6:12 AM@Natasha_Jay
United States of Splendid Regime :blobcatcoffee:
Scott D. Strader 😐sstrader@masto.aiOct 10, 2026, 6:33 AM@Natasha_Jay It's like when interviewers couch horrible ideas within their questions "Are you going to deploy troops in the streets to arrest civilians?" ... "I could. Many people are saying I should!"
Stop giving them ideas, The Onion!!
Verena RuppVerenaRupp@vivaldi.netOct 10, 2026, 6:45 AM@Natasha_Jay They should stop writing stuff like that, it only gives them ideas...
:ablobpainrain:
xs4me2xs4me2@mastodon.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:03 AMWe all can see where this is going. The end of democracy and the Constitution. They need to be stopped soon or the proces will be irreversible.
gunstickgunstick@mastodon.opencloud.luOct 10, 2026, 7:53 AM@Natasha_Jay the article even has the live streaming part!
Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️RachelThornSub@famichiki.jpOct 10, 2026, 8:38 AM@Natasha_Jay Satire is hard these days.
Joe :tinoflag:Antigrav@mastodon.nzOct 10, 2026, 8:41 AM@Natasha_Jay, reality has turned macabre.
Oct 10, 2026, 8:59 AM@Natasha_Jay Satire is so over
Nininini@oldbytes.spaceOct 10, 2026, 9:33 AM@Natasha_Jay Satire has been dead for just over a decade at this point, maybe longer. Reality just got tired of satire making fun of it so determined to out-satire satire like it's performing identity theft for the inheritance money.
Face Thumbchrisp@cyberplace.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:00 PM@nini @Natasha_Jay Apparently comedians hate it when Trump is president because any hypothetical situation they make up for their show won't be as stupid/funny/sad as the reality. We are on the dumbest timeline.
Edit: Wait, @MugsysRapSheet already said something like that :)
Trump & Epstein: Biz partners.MugsysRapSheet@mastodon.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:17 PMThere is a part of me that believes our #NarcissistInChief would actually derive some GLEE from being told he'd "go down as The WORST president in American history."
And that includes POLK who lit the fuse on the Civil War, Hoover who didn't see The Great Depression coming, or #Dubya who dismissed the threat of alQaeda as "a made up Clinton problem".
- Face Thumbchrisp@cyberplace.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:24 PM
@MugsysRapSheet @nini @Natasha_Jay He definitely has the vibes of "Kid who doesn't care if other kids hate him for being super loud and annoying, as long as they are thinking about him"
- Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦deborahh@cosocial.caOct 10, 2026, 12:32 PM
good catch, @Natasha_Jay .
I didn't boost it before, but now it's mandatory. 😭 - Trump & Epstein: Biz partners.MugsysRapSheet@mastodon.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:42 PM
@Natasha_Jay
I forget who it was during the #Dubya Administration who said:"It's getting harder & harder to be a [political] comedian when reality has become more absurd than anything you can dream up."
That was over 20 years ago.
Billy WattBenartyComputer@mastodon.scotOct 10, 2026, 1:33 PM@Natasha_Jay I have no idea how anyone doing satire keeps up
- Nαtαshα :mastodon:Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbtOct 10, 2026, 1:40 PM
@BenartyComputer
I am so disgusted that I am lost for words. I rarely weigh in on politics but this is pure cruelty. Like the gore in roman times, another empire in decline - Oct 10, 2026, 3:41 PM
@Natasha_Jay Are they reading it to decide how to make policy?
Oct 10, 2026, 4:57 PM@Natasha_Jay good job Onion. Also how has our world transformed into a terrible joke? Oh right, VOTERS. Choose better!
That Man Dopesmacacator@mastodon.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:18 PM@Natasha_Jay we would have laughed and thought: "surely, America isn't that backwards. "
Yes dafuq it is apparently
