Question...

Is there really any difference between The Onion and Weekly World News? (I mean aside from the fact that The Onion is distributed for free.) The stories in Weekly World News are just as crazy as anything in The Onion, and vice versa. We all know that those who write for The Onion are presenting something satirical. How about the people at Weekly World News? Are they presenting a joke or do they think they're pulling the wool over fools' eyes? Are they? Do people who buy Weekly World News think it's "true"? Or do they buy it ironically? Have I just been an arrogant asshole for years, seeing Weekly World News at the grocery store and thinking that people who by it are a bunch of sad, stupid fools? Have I completely misjudged the sophistication and urbanity of the American public? Weekly World News just might be the real BlackPeopleLoveUs.com. Of course, come to think of it, when you read the letters sent to BlackPeopleLoveUs, there are plenty of people who don't get the irony there, too.