satireFriday, July 17, 2026
The Onion dominates today's satire with two absurdly specific premises: Argentina granting goldfish personhood and Christopher Nolan assaulting a bathroom-goer. A third piece imagines SpaceX's post-IPO crash, blending tech-bro hubris with financial farce. The fourth is a political sticker listing, more protest than punchline.
Two Onion pieces land with the kind of specific, absurd premises that make the site essential reading.
The joke is that Nolan's obsessive perfectionism extends to policing bathroom breaks during his films. It's a sharp parody of auteur worship and the absurdity of demanding total audience commitment.
The headline is the punchline: Argentina recognizing goldfish as sentient. The article is actually a collection of absurd blurbs, including a McDonald's sandwich that's 'not bad' and an intruder with nunchucks.
A Gizmodo piece imagines SpaceX's post-IPO collapse, poking fun at Musk's wealth and the hype cycle.
A satirical take on Musk's wealth volatility, imagining a fictional SpaceX IPO that briefly makes him a trillionaire before the stock tanks. It mocks the hype around Musk's ventures and the fickleness of meme stocks.
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