From the Onion: New Line of Healthy Snacks from Frito Lay
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 11. 9.06
With the recent trend of wholesome snack foods reaching "truly ridiculous proportions," Frito-Lay announced Monday that it would, against its better judgment, roll out a new line of healthy fruit-and-vegetable-based chips next February. "Here," said Frito-Lay CEO Al Carey as he disgustedly tossed a bag of the company's new Flat Earth-brand snack crisps onto the lectern during a meeting with shareholders and members of the press. "Here's some s**t that's made from beets. I hope you're all happy now that you have your precious beet chips with the recommended daily serving of fruit, or vegetables, or whatever the hell a 'beet' is." Read more in the Onion- warning: strong language. ::The Onion
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Do you seriously think this is real? I think you perhaps haven't heard of the Onion. It is a satire newspaper. Here are some recent headlines that illustrate my point:
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Rumsfeld: 'My Half-Assed Job Here Is Done'
You DO know that The Onion is a fake newspaper, right?
Ahh the commenters who reserve a sense of humor only for themselves, and can't credit anyone else with having one. Classic.
"Ahh the commenters who reserve a sense of humor only for themselves, and can't credit anyone else with having one. Classic."
Well, they ARE environmentalists...
Why would any reader expect to read something fictional at tree hugger? Have they ever posted jokes before? Not that i've seen, and there was zero cue to use ones sense of humor. So yes, very much ridiculous TH posted this article.
I think they knew.......perhaps the joke's on you guys?
They need to start posting jokes, many here are too uptight.
If you haven't seen the jokes that have been posted on Treehugger before, you missed some really entertaining stuff...
And, yes, activists do need to try to not take everything so seriously. We all get a little too obsessive for our own (and our cause's) good sometimes. Me included... That's why a healthy dose of satire like the Onion, or the Daily Show is a part of the recommended daily allowance for all activists!