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Old 08-26-2013, 06:05 PM
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Default The Onion isn't satire; it's prophecy

Gawker mentioned today that the Onion predicted Miley Cyrus' VMA performance back in 2008. A commenter pointed out that they were even more accurate back in January of 2001:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bus...-and-pros,464/

The Onion. Today's parody is tomorrow's reality.
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Gawker mentioned today that the Onion predicted Miley Cyrus' VMA performance back in 2008. A commenter pointed out that they were even more accurate back in January of 2001:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bus...-and-pros,464/

The Onion. Today's parody is tomorrow's reality.
i saw part of that act today, when i saw all the hubbub. yuck. i found it many things, none of them good.
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Gawker mentioned today that the Onion predicted Miley Cyrus' VMA performance back in 2008. A commenter pointed out that they were even more accurate back in January of 2001:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bus...-and-pros,464/

The Onion. Today's parody is tomorrow's reality.

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