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Lately it feels like reality has become so unhinged and unbelievable that it's sometimes difficult to distinguish fact from fiction. On the other hand, some people are so eager to be outraged that they've lost the ability to recognize satire all together. Come on, everyone should know what The Onion is by now, right? Millennials: maybe it's time to educate that grandparent who uses facebook without supervision. Though, to be fair to all the grannies out there, even People Magazine and the President of the United States fell for some pretty obvious satire.

Although these painful woosh moments are mad entertaining, you gotta feel bad for some of these people—they go through life thinking the world is even more psychotic than it already is.

Anyone who's on Facebook likely has boomer relative somewhere who uses the social network to ask for advice about creating PDFs, or accidentally makes public events instead of sending private messages, or complains about innocuous problems, like the neighbor's dog barking too loudly. Well there's a Facebook group called 'a group where we all pretend to be boomers' and it's exactly what it sounds like. Everyone in the group must stay in character at all times, making for an absolutely spot on parody of the Facebook world of boomers. We've captured some gold moments from the group to give you a taste of what it's like. 

We feel sort of bad for these poor, gullible individuals who devoured satirical headlines from The Onion, but at the same time, they're providing us with a lot of entertainment, so we'll take it.

We don't want to come at people too harshly for getting wooshed by ambiguous jokes or falling for a fake headline that sounds like it could be totally real, but everyone should know what The Onion is by now. Most satirical news publications these days have the words satire, or fake, or not real news written somewhere to make the joke totally fool-proof. Well, never underestimate a fool.

We've got a bunch of great examples of times people fell for satire and 'ate the onion,' so to speak. 

When we first saw this comic, we thought that it was completely serious. But after scrolling down a little, you'll find that this is anything but the usual clickbaity relationship drivel. Instead of telling us that we're doomed for sleeping on opposite sides of the bed, the comic (from Sad and Useless) takes a weird and dark turn. Mostly thanks to a guy named Pete.

As Covid-19 cases surge in Texas after what many people are calling a premature reopening, people are still complaining about masks and having to stay home. And there are some even worse people, who despite the call for citizens to stay home, are instead spending their time at restaurants and then having the gall to complain about service. 

Twitter user @jsv4 made himself ripe for roasting and parodies when he decided to criticize the service at Mi Cocina Tex Mex in Allen, Texas.

"@MiCocina_TexMex My wife, date night after 3+ months locked up on quarantine. Waiting for shredded cheese as it's the only way she can eat fajitas. We've asked 4 people, going on 18 minutes now. Just unreal at Allen, TX location. We gotta quit blaming #COVID19 for crappy service."

He paired the text with an image of his wife looking distraught. Distraught over a lack of shredded cheese - an accompaniment that isn't even served with fajitas. Twitter users were quick to call out this male Karen for his blatant disregard for both the pandemic and the servers who really have no choice but to serve entitled individuals who feel its their right to dine out during a national emergency. We've included the best roasts and parodies of the tweet here, but we're willing to bet we'll be seeing more. And we hope the savagery discourages other entitled folks from frivolous dining and cold-hearted complaining.

While some people are binge-watching television shows and devoting hours to baking fresh sourdough loaves, other people are turning to their creative outlets during quarantine. People have a lot more time to devote to everything from making masks and music, designing their own clothes, and creating stunning works of visual art. Other crafty individuals, such as writer and illustrator Steph Plant, are using their skills to bring some much-needed humor into the world.

While reading the classic Richard Scarry book What Do People Do All Day?  to her son, Plant found herself wondering the same about the thousands of people who have been unable to leave their homes. While her child napped, she began using Photoshop to create a "Quarantine edition" of the adorable animal-filled book. It's a pretty simple premise, but achingly relatable. And extremely entertaining.

Sometimes all it takes to create a twitter meme is a little bit of patronizing 'tude and a pandemic. After people started tweeting about the environmental benefits of coronavirus lockdowns, Twitter users began sharing their own parody tweets. Here are some of our favorite tweets that suggests we are the virus - and that the Earth is better off. 

We've all seen those hilarious advertisements claiming "one weird trick that obliterates belly fat," or "the reason dermatologists hate her!" Does anyone actually fall for that sh*t anymore? Clearly someone does is if they still exist. We'll blame the Boomers for that. Now please enjoy these parody memes we're thoroughly enjoying at the moment!