"The Onion" video on large pythons

Anybody seen this?

http://www.theonion.com/content/vide...ath_could_have

What the heck was that - I am not aware of what "onion reports means" but I would have to compare it to a SNL video - this certainly can't be for real - OMG.

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Originally Posted by L.West

What the heck was that - I am not aware of what "onion reports means" but I would have to compare it to a SNL video - this certainly can't be for real - OMG.

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It is not real. I am glad you did not believe the hype.

It is pretty unfortunate to see a subject as touchy as this in our community being made fun of. But that seems to be what The Onion, a parody news website, is all about. They make fun of the most controversial topics of the moment.
It's also pretty unfortunate that most people don't read the fine print and realize that it's a fake news site.

Wow, it's defiently a spoof, but it's still sending out a strong, anti snake message. Basically they're pretending to say 'oh, who would have ever thought the giant snake would harm anyone' sarcastically...so they really mean, of course it will harm you.
Anyone else notice how you saw a ball python, retic, burm AND a boa throughout the different baby shots? Some of them were even photoshopped so they had a ball python head and a retic body or some other stupid combo.

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We would never let Zach by the pool unless he was supervised by either one of us or the python.

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I personally found it funny. It's so obviously a joke.

I laughed at it. "I should have checked on them before I went out food shopping, and then to the movies" It's making fun of irresponsible owners. It is still sending out an anti snake message by saying a python ate their kid though. I just hope everyone realizes that the Onion is a spoof news website... After the video ended another one started playing titled "Breaking news: Some <censored> happening somewhere"

I actually thought it was pretty funny. lighten up, not everyone's out to get your snakes. have you seen some of the other stuff they do? they must be sending out an anti-everything message.

total fail at 2:16, im pretty sure that the head and neck are a ball python while ther rest is a burm.... lol

Lol, yes it's a spoof. I laughed a few times, especially at getting a "therapy snake" to help them cope.

i love the splicing of boas and pythons, yes very touchy subject but wow ur common person wouldn't recognize that a ball python head is attached to the burm body or the burm head and boa body my god really

I thought it was hilarious.

Thought it's funny to us who recognize it's all made up and spliced photos your average person doesn't always take a closer look

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Originally Posted by JEWSKIN

Thought it's funny to us who recognize it's all made up and spliced photos your average person doesn't always take a closer look

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"I should have put a bell on the snake"
"I thought about putting a door on the habitat, and maybe a lock"
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I think I need to go get a therapy snake. Would anybody like to make a donation for me... :8:

Oh my god, I felt evil laughing at that untill i figured out it was a joke..... The sad thing is I am so used to the stupid crap put out by the media i was prepared to be fricken mad, atleast i got a laugh today....

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Originally Posted by Hulihzack

I thought it was hilarious.

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Me too:rofl:

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I love the Onion, that was a good laugh.

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Originally Posted by nevohraalnavnoj

Lol, yes it's a spoof. I laughed a few times, especially at getting a "therapy snake" to help them cope.

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well imo snakes are therapeutic but if those conditions rly did happen it wouldnt be the case but a spoof cheers me up anyways lol :D

We would never let him by the pool without one of us or the snake lol.

LOL. Jaws? Put a bell on the snake? *facepalm*

The Onion is into total satire and spoof. Two University of Wisconsin students started it when I was going to school there. Now, it's huge and is not only a newspaper, but a website, and webcasts, and they even have "The Onion Movie" which wasn't that great, mildly funny. This snake vid is not real. But, it is pretty funny.

I love the Onion:)

Today I went to one of my favorite card stores and found a whole box set of Onion postcards. It totally made my day! This is getting posted on Facebook!

I thought the picture of the boy dressed up like a mouse was a hoot.

wtf.....that was ridiculous. You can help...including money for a therapy snake for his sister. :8:


While I can kind of see the funny spoof in it....you know...there are some ppl that think OMG ...that happened...and hence starts more of the rumor mill.

I love the Onion. :rofl:

Well, I DON'T love the Onion, because that would just be supporting the mediocre humor they have to resort to. Really, this isn't about laughs. Maybe The Onion thinks it is, but to those who DO take the proper precautions and care, it's outright damaging.

I'm tired of the media being allowed to brainwash people. What is this, politics?

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Originally Posted by Moofins07

Really, this isn't about laughs.

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Tell us - what IS it all about then?

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Originally Posted by Moofins07

But to those who DO take the proper precautions and care, it's outright damaging.

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You're kidding right? I mean, you can't be serious............

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Originally Posted by Moofins07

I'm tired of the media being allowed to brainwash people. What is this, politics?

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You think the Onion Spoof was about brainwashing? Again, I have to ask - are you serious?

Third time - are you serious?

If so, the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, what with the giant moose and inflatable beavers, is starting to make sense........

YouTube - Giant Inflatable Beaver

I thought it was hilarious. It doesn't really cast snakes in a negative light, it casts the lack of common sense on irresponsible snake owners. Besides this is what the onion does, taking them serious is like taking Jey Leno serious...

I found this video to be extremely funny as well. Anyone who watches the Onion and takes it serious is a bit thick.

Sometimes it really surprises me how much people need to lighten up... Its satire. It was funny. I know we are all touchy about this subject, but come on, be able to enjoy some humor... :)

It is true that it is supposed to be humor, but unfortunately there are a lot of gullible people out there that won't get it and will take it in all seriousness. I've seen a lot of videos from The Onion end up send out en masse as email forwards to and from people fully believing what they were seeing was true because they had no clue that The Onion is all about parody.

I think I've seen quite a few of them end up on snopes.com being questioned as to whether what they were seeing was real or not. That's just how blurred the line is when it comes to their videos.