I do love black comedy

[athenaltena]

Courtesy of my philosophy professor, The Onion once again manages to make you laugh and then feel horrible about it:

Scientists Successfully Teach Gorilla It Will Die Someday

Comments

[comingin2day.livejournal.com]

They are just evil.. to let a simple minded animal know of its death. That is just plain Cruel. Bastards. Are they pulling the wings off of butterfly's, and poking orphans to remind them of their unlovable state.

[athenaltena.livejournal.com]

It was a joke, they didn't actually do that to a gorilla. The "gorilla" in question is actually a guy in a suit. The Onion is a parody news site.

[comingin2day.livejournal.com]

Oh man.. PEDA would be up in arms about that. I feel a little silly now. But, really...I am glad it was a joke. I really do think there are crazy enough people out there that do those types of things. Thank you for telling me.. made me want to cry. Like they were being cruel to a little child.

....okay..having a moment here..RELIEVED..smiling.

[athenaltena.livejournal.com]

The fact that you could see it really happening is part of the joke, especially the deadpan presentation. My professor was sent it by a colleague who thought it was real too.

The Onion specializes in pretty dark satire, and they've managed to fool people who think their stories are real news multiple times.

[comingin2day.livejournal.com]

Crazy ass people.

[comingin2day.livejournal.com]

PETA...OOOPS

[ar-wahan.livejournal.com]

I love how the female researcher looked a lot like Jane Goodall! (But poor Jane . . .)