satire

The Onion has been a satirical publication since 1988. That's over thirty years. While they may have ceased to distribute an actual paper, their hilarious articles are very much in existence in the digital universe. And there are still stupid people who believe their (mostly) obvious joke headlines. 

JK Rowling, the queen of drawing out random details of the Harry Potter franchise, is back in the limelight for, well...drawing out random details of the Harry Potter franchise - details that absolutely no one asked for, of course. 

She told Radio Times last week that Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald had an "intense and passionate" relationship that had a "sexual dimension to it." Of course, her actual statements got twisted in subsequent reports, but the roasts and parody tweets that have come from it are absolutely still valid!

Biology and evolution are pretty crazy, and these tweets point out just how absurd some specimens of the animal kingdom really are. Like, for real, who the hell decided to give spiders butt ropes? Were they not already terrifying enough as is? On the bright side, thank God they can't fly though, amirite?

If there was ever an appropriate time to utter the old Southern saying "bless your heart," it's right now. It's probably safe to say that most people in the English-speaking world are familiar with the troll-y ways of publications like The Onion or Clickhole, yet some naive souls, like the following, never got the memo. It's totally okay to laugh now and feel sorry for them later.

Obvious Plant has to be one of the greatest master trolls on the internet. Their content will make you laugh and then scratch your head in confusion. Don't believe us? Just scroll down for more and don't forget to check out their Instagram page for even more trollery! You won't regret it, we promise.

Today Years Old has to be the ultimate troll Twitter account because, we're not gonna lie, some of these tweets legitimately had us fooled. And we're still not entirely sure if all of them are fake or not. You're just gonna have to read through them and judge for yourself! 

No matter your personal opinion of the show, Saturday Night Live has been a comedy staple in America for ages. Beginning in 1975 with Chevy Chase as the original news anchor, the Weekend Update is the show's longest-running segment, and is even said to be the birth place of the satirical news sketch for the likes of the Colbert Report and The Daily Show.