Have you ever been web surfing, and you stumble upon a completely ludicrous news article, and you’re all, like, “Omigod, what is this? What’s going on? Why does this exist?”
That actually happened to me twice today. The first time, I was confusedly reading Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New ‘Intelligent Falling’ Theory before belatedly realizing that I was reading the Onion. (My eyes totally glossed over the masthead, and I’ve read things about Evangelicals that are tons crazier.)
Then, I read this BBC story about how women prisoners in the US are sometimes shackled during childbirth to kept them from “escaping.” Which has all the tragedy and absurdism of an Onion story, but none of the sweet, soothing satire.
