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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens (theonion.com)

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WINDER, GA—In the hours following a violent rampage in Georgia in which a lone attacker killed at least four individuals and injured nine others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Wednesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place...

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Do they publish this every time there's a school shooting? Swear I've seen this before.

[–] Comptero@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

There is a wikipedia article about it.

They say it's a recuring series and they are on number 37.

[–] sonori@beehaw.org 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

37 times and counting. Part of the joke is that they just change a few words to localize each shooting, as no one has done anything at all to address the issue since they first published the original article in 2014.

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Yes. It does help drive the point home