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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year ago

Gen Z Announces Julie Andrews Is Problematic But Refuses To Explain Why

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Gen Z Announces Julie Andrews Is Problematic But Refuses To Explain Why

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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year ago
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​​NEW YORK—Standing before a crowd of millennials, Gen Xers, and baby boomers, members of Generation Z announced at a press conference Wednesday that actress Julie Andrews was problematic, but they refused to explain why. “You know what she did—you just don’t want to admit it,” said Gen Z spokesperson Taylor Collaco,…
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    Is the Babylon Bee leaking?

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    I can’t disconnect the song Edelweiss from “Man in the High Castle.” Gives me the creeps.

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      I can’t help singing "Anal Vice, Anal Vice, use it.to pop your hemeroids… every time I hear edelweiss, childish but releases the creepiness

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    Is this a reference to the song “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” Or is there some other joke I’m missing?

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      The joke is “Gen z stereotypically finds many things problematic but won’t explain why when asked because ‘you should already know’” mentality held by many in older generations is being satirized by the Onion.

      However I literally just watched sound of music last week and I didn’t even make that connection!

      " problematic" lmao Mother Abbot probably wrote the article.

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    Yes, she definitely is.

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      Great minds think alike.

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    Julie Andrews did black face in Mary Poppins. That’s the only thing I can think of.

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