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[–] [email protected] 62 points 7 months ago (4 children)

So the onion isn't satire anymore, they're just telling it like it is.

Reality is so horrible that we can only laugh or go insane.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know; the Bible has some pretty gross stuff in it. Maybe not reading it is a good thing.

*observes behaviour of modern non-Bible-reading Christians

*changes mind

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Found a pot leaf someone pressed in the family bible we inherited when Ms. Bunnys mom died.

That was a good laugh

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

The best satire holds a mirror up to reality and looks at you expectantly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Horrible reality?

Do you have any idea how many heirlooms get passed down but never actually used?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I mean, the old wooden skis on the wall are a different thing, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don’t really think not reading a book that’s passed down is a horrible reality

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

people that claim to be adherents of a religion should read their religion's holy texts.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago

That's a good one

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Gotta keep that tradition alive, let's go for 6!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

"The Bible in question was found to have been hollowed out and turned into a flask"