You Think You Know Someone

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ETA: Satire as it turns out. Doh!

Sorry for confusing people.

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WHY?!?

Giving them a human ethnicity is entirely unnecessary (since they aren’t human) and only serves to make Rowling look bad.

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I asked the same question. All I can figure is…2018?

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Check the source. Clickhole is a quirky satirical site. Think The Onion but with more postmodern surrealism.

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Well, 2016 is in prison for mass murder, and 2017 had to resign because of grossly inappropriate conduct. What are we going to do with 2018?

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Oh thank dog!

I literally can’t tell satire from reality any more.

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The related stories at the bottom of the page are a bit of a tip-off.

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These days, it’s getting almost impossible to tell farce from fact.

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You’re not alone. “Having a little fun at the expense of people who aren’t in on the joke yet” definitely seems to be part of their schtick.

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Nearly every day, I have to calm a friend or relative or family member down who has just seen a Borowitz Report story and flipped their proverbial shit. “B-b-but it’s in the New York Times!!” “No, that’s the New Yorker. It’s fake. It’s satire.” “Are you sure? It looks real!”

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Oooooohhh…

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Have we seen any Americans in the wizarding world yet?

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