The humor newspaper The Onion satirizes the conversion of transient human emotions into lifelong illnesses, reporting that “Shortly after losing grip of a helium-filled balloon and watching it float into the air above the San Diego Zoo Tuesday, local child Caleb Tremont, 3, reportedly began a battle with chronic depression that will last for the rest of his life.”
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This isn’t news, and they only have about two dozen other articles there that are just like this.
Why not just post this up?
http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-is-the-government-spying-on-paranoid-s,14177/
Cause it’s ridiculous and unimportant… oh, wait.
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Did you even read the article!? UNIMPORTANT!? You didn’t read they have a whole new kind of medications called anxiolytic medications!
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How could anyone think this is a satire? It’s perfectly true.
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It an interesting article, thank you for sharing it. I was kind of looking to hear more about the and-is-he-rottnin effect or antiserotonin effect, or whatever you call it…
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I enjoyed this story! It’s not that far from reality is it? That’s what makes it so funny and sad. The folks at the Onion are pretty good at this kind of thing and have “fooled” many main stream news outlets over the years. They recognize the need for many to believe in a certain narrative. They construct this narrative, push it to its limits and see what happens.
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Me too, David.
I got a kick out of it.Duane
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