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		speedster217 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Are We Idiocracy Yet? Americans are so used to school shootings they complain about the Onion's reaction to it rather than the failure of politics that led them here.

josefresco 24 days ago | [–]

Indeed, the comment could be spun into an Onion headline itself! "American Man Exhausted by Frequent Mass Shooting Reporting"

justin66 24 days ago | [–]

Which is part of why the reuse of the headline still works as grim comedy.

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