As obvious as it is, we do always get some who fall for stuff like this. Then, even worse, they pass it on to their friends and relatives, who then pass it on. E-mail inboxes are full of nonsense stories like this.
And then there’s the hall monitors who take it upon themselves to ruin a good thread by dissecting with illustrations an obviously illogical, impossible, could-never-happen-in-a-million-years story to save the ignorant who deserve scorn for their inability to think for themselves and accept at face value anything they read.
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No, FR is not trying to quash satire. However, it should be clearly labeled as such in the title. Some people seem to think it's great trickling our readers into falling for satire. It's not. A lot of people come to FR and scan the headlines clicking on articles of interest. If they're not familiar with the author or source, they may be misled and may even pass it on to others. No thanks.
——some "humor impaired" person