[sarreph]

> the unfortunate circumstance that reality has become as absurd as the headlines of The Onion a decade ago

So true... Google has a slew of articles pronouncing the death of conventional political satire. It's not just politics though, as the Onion's fate is showing now. It seems also there are a myriad other forms of media — YouTube being a prime example — of how 'surreal' content seems to be becoming these days. When we have YouTubers click-baiting and essentially (but almost unwittingly) parodying themselves to chase the views, it begs the question of what the next turning of the tide of media style will be.

Sorry to hear that The Onion sounds like an amazing place that's going to get shuttered :(