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Classmates, school officials and police asked a court — unsuccessfully — to keep mass shooter away from his dad’s guns (timesofsandiego.com)

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't remotely similar to an onion headline. Why does it have 350 upvotes

[–] Arrkk@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens - The Onion https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1848971668/

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah. That's an Onion headline. Do you not see the difference in style?

I was under the impression that this community followed it's subreddit namesake where the headline sounds like parody. Not the thing that happened