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Trump orders black boxes to be replaced with white boxes, following airline tragedy (theshovel.com.au)
submitted 3 weeks ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works
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Donald Trump has blamed diversity and inclusion policies for a mid-air plane collision in Washington DC, saying it never would have occurred if the plane was carrying a white, American-born, heterosexual flight recorder box.

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[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"this black box was disabled" - I just lost it there

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We already made this joke.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Alright well since you didn't check this yourself:

  • I posted this at 2025-01-31T20:33:10+00:00
  • The other post you commented on was posted at 2025-02-01T03:12:31+00:00 (i.e., I posted first and you commented second)
  • This is a different community than the one you commented in ~2 days ago - welcome to federated communities
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What I meant was we (broadly speaking people here on the Fediverse) beat The Onion to this joke by at least a day. But okay.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

Then why didn't you write that 3 days ago in your first comment lol