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humor The Onion 2026-05-15

Friends Agree World's Bleak, Each Picturing Entirely Different Catastrophe.

A group of friends earnestly agreed that things are dire and something must be done, blissfully unaware they were each silently contemplating a unique global or economic apocalypse. Apparently, shared doom is best achieved through shared ignorance.


<p>HENDERSON, NV—Solemnly nodding in agreement as they took turns speaking, each person engaged in an intense dinner conversation at a local restaurant Tuesday was reportedly under an entirely different impression as to which of the world’s horrific news stories they were discussing. According to sources, the four friends emphatically concurred that everything was really bleak [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theonion.com/everyone-in-conversation-under-different-impression-as-to-which-...

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