29 Times People Fell For Satire News That Are Hilarious But Also Kind Of Sad And Scary

Come enter this gallery of gullible.

1. This person who really thought scientists were researching pool-noodle germ transmission.

Go blow your noodle from AteTheOnion

2. This person who bada-ba-ba-bought this joke.

Ate the burger from AteTheOnion

3. This person who doesn't get it.

Don't get why this is a big story from AteTheOnion

4. This person who got got.

Ate the toy catalog from AteTheOnion

5. This person who thought WWE had zooesque policies.

R.I.P Big Show from AteTheOnion

6. This person who had 450,000 reasons to consider that this isn't a real-life thing.

"couldn't they use just use puppets" from AteTheOnion

7. This person who thought there was a bougie syringe made for an exclusive set of vaccines.

I’m done. from AteTheOnion

8. This former US president who fell for a satirical conservative news article.

The President ladies and gentlemen... from AteTheOnion

9. These people who were willing to stop eating Cheetos to defend a former US president who fell for a satirical conservative news article.

Ate the Onion - Left The Cheetos from AteTheOnion

10. This person who believed loose change was getting a delicious-looking twist.

these inflation rates are terrible from AteTheOnion

11. This person who believed President Joe Biden made a whoopsie and "eliminated" states.

Ate the Hamster from AteTheOnion

12. This person who believed this satirical Biden article enough to send it in a text.

Mom ate the onion pretty bad from AteTheOnion

13. This person who is dispelling a claim that should go without saying, which makes me think they kind of believe it.

Probably Photoshop from AteTheOnion

14. This person who just didn't question where this headline was coming from.

Janoskis / Via reddit.com

15. This person who, at the very least, is intelligent enough to know that they don't get it.

There was a reply to this tweet saying they couldn’t figure it out either... from AteTheOnion

16. This person who sounds like they have no knowledge of satire.

Idiot parents know nothing of games from AteTheOnion

17. This person who believed this chimp had a bright but dark future.

"One giant leap for apekind" from AteTheOnion

18. This person who is asking the same question I'd like to ask them.

I finally found one from AteTheOnion

19. This person who is unfit for comprehending rubbish.

Taking a picture of the monitor rather than a screenshot is maybe the best part from AteTheOnion

20. This person who should not be proud that they fell for this.

Will someone think of the children! from AteTheOnion

21. This person thanking the former host of Fear Factor for a thing that isn't real.

LaySomeBone / Via reddit.com

22. This person who drank a Venti-sized cup of nonsense.

Poor Christians. Don’t know what hit them from AteTheOnion

23. This person who is really bloody gullible.

This is going to take years to clean up. from AteTheOnion

24. This person who believed a 4-year-old was a certified wine expert.

Please tell me I've finally found one from AteTheOnion

25. This person who might not be as smart as their car.

Ate a Tesla onion from AteTheOnion

26. This person who beelieved the jokey headline.

You don’t say... from AteTheOnion

27. This person who might be the most not-so-sharp person we've had on this list so far.

Hook, Line, and Sinker from AteTheOnion

28. These people who have the nerve to call others idiots.

u/uncrustable_on_lamp / Via reddit.com

29. And finally, this person who should've asked himself who this headline was coming from and if they were a profusely popular satirical website.

hassehope / Via reddit.com

H/T: r/AteTheOnion.