22 Funny Times Gullible People Totally Ate The Onion

Most of us are guilty of getting wooshed by obvious satire at some point in our lives, but some unfortunate souls out there post their indignant reactions to satirical headlines a little too hastily and end up on a subreddit called r/AteTheOnion, where stupidity is immortalized. We've got a bunch of facepalm-worthy examples of gullible schmos falling for satire so that you can feel better about all the times you felt like a fool. 

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