I have that book and it is absolutely hilarious.
i cant believe how many of you actually have the book!

Nice to know it might be a good Christmas present for guys though.
I have that book and it is absolutely hilarious.
Still having a hard time believing that a CT would accept an Onion article as documented "proof."
Is it a lack of due diligence, common sense, historical knowledge?
probably a combo of all of the above. I don't think many people using the internet know how to look things up.
I needed to use
"Google Images" for this one, which i had never heard of before stumbling upon Metabunk. And basically you get alot of sites that reposted the fake, so you have to click "similar images" and browse through, clicking on them until you see something that sounds like a real source. This case was a bit easier, as under "similar images" i saw the full page pic with the Onion header.
And then the Onion doesnt always make it easy to see it is satire. Let alone, not all people 'get' satire or sarcasm. It took me a few minute to find a section that mentioned their work is satire (and i had to read through FAQ..ugh). I guess i could have googled "the onion wiki", would have been faster.