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''Our Dumb Century'' is a mock 20th-century retrospective by the writers of ''[[The Onion]]''. It consists of fake front pages whose look and feel parodies that of each era of the century, with headlines and articles making fun of news stories throughout the century.▼
| title = Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source
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| author = Scott Dikkers
| author2 = Mike Loew
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| elevator pitch = A satirical look at the 20th century, presented as a series of fictional newspaper front pages
| genre = [[Satire]]
| publication date = March 23, 1999
| wiki URL =
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▲'''''Our Dumb Century''''' is a mock 20th-century retrospective by the writers of ''[[The Onion]]''. It consists of fake front pages whose look and feel parodies that of each era of the century, with headlines and articles making fun of news stories throughout the century.
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* [[Antiquated Linguistics]]: Utilized quite profusely in the earlier parts of the book.
* [[Cluster F
* [[Complete Monster]]: "Horrible Asshole Richer Than Ever"
* [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink]] / [[Who Shot JFK?]]: "Kennedy Slain by CIA, Mafia, Castro, LBJ, Teamsters, Freemasons"
** President shot 127 times from 43 different angles!
*** Then all 70+ suspects were shot outside the courtroom by Jack Ruby, leaving the whole thing a mystery.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: "Aristotle Onassis Killed by Lone Gunman in Athens Motorcade"
** The entire Watergate scandal, which instead plays out like the Gary Tison prison break, up to and including Nixon being gunned down by police outside of a Motel (Spiro Agnew still at large).
* [[For the Evulz]]: Why Nagasaki was nuked, according to the article.
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