31 times people commented on a satirical news post thinking it was real.

Current events have become so surreal that real news headlines are looking increasingly similar to satirical headlines from humor sites like The Onion and Clickhole. So you can't blame anyone for seeing a satirical news article and mistaking it for real news—it happens to the best of us! This is why internet-users in the modern age must be extra careful to double-check the source before leaving a comment for the world to see. But not everyone takes these precautions. People commenting on satirical news posts as if they were real is such a common phenomenon that there's a whole Reddit page devoted to it.

Here are 31 of the funniest examples of people who responded to a satirical headline after accidentally mistaking it for real news:

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