The Onion Stays Ahead Of The Curve

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From politics to marketing trends the Onion consistently stays ahead of the curve in reporting news that hasn’t even happened yet.

In Febuary 2004 they published “Fuck Everything, We’re Doing Five Blades,” a rant supposedly from Gillette CEO James M. Kilts. In September 2005 Gillette announce the Fusion Razor, which has 5 blades and a freakin moustache trimmer. Has anyone tried it? I’m interested to know what it feels like

Of course, you will remember The Onion’s reporting of the build-up to the Iraq war, which essentially spelled out point by point all reasons why it was a bad idea to invade Iraq.

• WMDs Found: Nuclear-Weapons Programs Discovered In North Korea, Iran
• Bush On North Korea: ‘We Must Invade Iraq’
• N. Korea Wondering What It Has To Do To Attract U.S. Military Attention

Also relating to nuclear proliferation, back as 1999 there was the headline “World’s Nuclear Arsenal ‘Pretty Much’ Accounted For.” The best quote from this article has to be “You’d really be surprised how little’s actually missing.”

Forget The Times and The Journal. I should be reading the Onion.

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