Category Archives: satire

Today on Deathstyles of the Rich and Abled: Costs Illustrated Magazine

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By INGRID TISCHER Welcome to the world of Champagne lifetimes and caviar deaths! I’m Robbin’ Leech, your guide to the deathstyle media titans that are teaching us how the fabulously wealthy celebrate the moments of their end-of-lives. Today I’ll be sharing two sumptuous images from Costs Illustrated magazine and then dazzling you with one glorious … Continue reading Today on Deathstyles of the Rich and Abled: Costs Illustrated Magazine →

Clickhole: Terminally Ill Woman Chooses Dignified Death/Eaten by Wolves (satire)

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Clickhole is part of The Onion and parodies sites that post items that go viral. Today, Clickhole featured a “story” obviously inspired by the viral story of Brittany Maynard, who, along with a great deal of technical assistance from Compassion and Choices, shared her wish to kill herself using Oregon’s assisted suicide law. Part of … Continue reading Clickhole: Terminally Ill Woman Chooses Dignified Death/Eaten by Wolves (satire) →

NewsBiscuit: “Homeopath to start offering ‘assisted-suicide’ remedy” (UK)

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It was bound to happen.  At least one New Age practitioner has decided to cash in jump into the arena of assisted suicide. From NewsBiscuit – The News Before It Happens… Homeopath to start offering ‘assisted-suicide’ remedy A homeopath in Banbury has decided to take politics into her own hands and start offering an assisted-suicide … Continue reading NewsBiscuit: “Homeopath to start offering ‘assisted-suicide’ remedy” (UK) →

Blog recommendation: Smart Ass Cripple on being “A Burden to Society”

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There’s new blog entry from Mike Ervin at Smart Ass Cripple.  The Smart Ass is no dummy.  All of the Republicans vying to be president are talking about the sacrifices that must be made by Americans – except for the gazillionaires who have millions stashed away in Switzerland, the Caymans, and other sheltering locales,  Mike … Continue reading Blog recommendation: Smart Ass Cripple on being “A Burden to Society” →

The Onion: Brain-Dead Teen, Limited to Texting and Rolling Eyes, to be Euthanized (SATIRE)

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I love The Onion. I’m pretty sure that the writers aren’t taking a position on euthanasia here, but doing what satirists do best; they’ve taken a well-known, overused, emotionally manipulative and predictable script – and then twisted the context. I apologize for the lack of captioning, but I couldn’t pass this up. If there’s a … Continue reading The Onion: Brain-Dead Teen, Limited to Texting and Rolling Eyes, to be Euthanized (SATIRE) →