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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. |
''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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=== This book provides examples of: === |
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* [[Antiquated Linguistics]]: Utilized quite profusely in the earlier parts of the book. |
* [[Antiquated Linguistics]]: Utilized quite profusely in the earlier parts of the book. |
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* [[Cluster F |
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: "Holy Shit, Man Walks on Fucking Moon" |
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* [[Complete Monster]]: "Horrible Asshole Richer Than Ever" |
* [[Complete Monster]]: "Horrible Asshole Richer Than Ever" |
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* [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink]] / [[Who Shot JFK]]: "Kennedy Slain by CIA, Mafia, Castro, LBJ, Teamsters, Freemasons" |
* [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink]] / [[Who Shot JFK]]: "Kennedy Slain by CIA, Mafia, Castro, LBJ, Teamsters, Freemasons" |
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** President shot 127 times from 43 different angles! |
** President shot 127 times from 43 different angles! |
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*** Then all 70+ suspects were shot outside the courtroom by Jack Ruby, leaving the whole thing a mystery. |
*** Then all 70+ suspects were shot outside the courtroom by Jack Ruby, leaving the whole thing a mystery. |
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything]]: "Aristotle Onassis Killed by Lone Gunman in Athens Motorcade" |
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: "Aristotle Onassis Killed by Lone Gunman in Athens Motorcade" |
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** 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). |
** 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). |
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* [[For the Evulz]]: Why Nagasaki was nuked, according to the article. |
* [[For the Evulz]]: Why Nagasaki was nuked, according to the article. |