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It makes more sense when you look at the rest of site. It's a "satire" news site. It's not a real story.
I thought "That doesn't sound like something a real journalist would write", and sure enough... Scroll down to the bottom, and you find
Who would even believe:
That's straight up erotic fan fiction. lol
Yeah I got to that point and was a little disappointed tbh, I wanted this to be true lol
Their motto at the top, "News you can count on to let you down"
Damn, I missed that too haha
It seemed fake when they said two young men on bicycles. That’s more Morman style. In my experience JWs are an older, very conservative looking lady with a “FML” child in tow carrying copies of The Watchtower.
I once had a roommate who was a JW, and after he moved out we kept getting JW missionaries at our door for weeks afterwards. It was just like you described. They take a child with them to deter people from being rude.
Am I the only one completely exhausted with "satire" news? We have enough misinformation as it is, and now we know how dangerous it can be. It's not funny anymore.
When it's done well, it's great. I love The Onion. The problem is people writing stories that look like real news and then pretending that it's satire.
It’s one thing when the site is obviously satire but they’re clearly trying to appear as a real news site. It’s so unnecessary
It's necessary to get them clicks.
So you're saying I shouldn't purchase this Jehovah's witnesses costume?
Well, the Witnesses got what they want because THANK GOD