Ryan's Realm

Unlike many of my fellow students, who probably only looked at The Onion's article list for 10 picoseconds and chose the most recent articles, I've followed The Onion for years now, so I'm going to choose a very old article from them. An article so old in fact, it's even older than me. The article in question, Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids , is generally considered to be one of The Onion's most offensive articles and is partly what helped to make them well-known due to the controversy it caused. Just looking at the title alone makes it clear why the article was so disliked, as it calls 3 dead kids "stupid". This immediately serves to establish both the tone and satire of the article, as not only does it show how the article will talk badly about these dead kids, but also sets up the satire in the article. Since society normally puts children up on a pedestal and gives them the stereotype of being innocent and unable to be judged, this ar...