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Zorro

(18,330 posts)
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 04:25 PM Apr 2025

RFK Jr. Orders Removal Of Sinks From HHS Bathrooms

WASHINGTON—As part of a sweeping overhaul of the building’s plumbing system, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly ordered the removal of sinks Tuesday from all bathrooms in the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters.

“People across the world lived for thousands of years without sinks, and they were just fine—healthier, even,” said Kennedy, who noted that the cuts would not only save taxpayers thousands of dollars in maintenance and water bills each year, but be better for the environment as well.

“They never should have been installed in the first place. Numerous studies have shown that licking your hands clean can actually improve your immune system. Soap dispensers will remain, but only so you can drink from them.”

At press time, sources reported that Kennedy had eliminated toilets and was urging staffers to dispose of their waste by simply throwing it out the window.

https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-orders-removal-of-sinks-from-hhs-bathrooms/

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RFK Jr. Orders Removal Of Sinks From HHS Bathrooms (Original Post) Zorro Apr 2025 OP
Robert. Fucking. Kennedy.... Blue Owl Apr 2025 #1
This moron is going to kill people. Soon he'll be calling for herd immunity... brush Apr 2025 #29
Pretty sure he already has. dchill Apr 2025 #35
I hate it when I have to stop to think whether something is from the Onion or real. Biophilic Apr 2025 #2
I hate it when I'm in the 3rd paragraph... WinstonSmith4740 Apr 2025 #13
Yes, lol Biophilic Apr 2025 #26
I know, right? ShazzieB Apr 2025 #15
I was surprised that was the Onion. It sounds so like him. Srkdqltr Apr 2025 #3
Wow, I had to get two and a half paras through to realize it was acidic satire. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #4
Satire: Still dead. Aristus Apr 2025 #5
Worm head, bat shit crazy Walleye Apr 2025 #6
That is what finally gave me a "heads up". efhmc Apr 2025 #19
I love the Onion LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2025 #7
lol, the problem is people will actually believe this Bev54 Apr 2025 #8
What a lunatic. iemanja Apr 2025 #9
You had me going for a second. louis-t Apr 2025 #10
Caught this goofy Tweet which filtered through the social media platforms: Collimator Apr 2025 #33
Gardez l'eau! markodochartaigh Apr 2025 #11
The Onion strikes again! Paladin Apr 2025 #12
Believable. CountMyVote4Reality Apr 2025 #14
Before clicking on the topic title, I actually assumed this WASN'T The Onion. Karasu Apr 2025 #16
It's getting ridiculously hard to tell satire from reality these days! Initech Apr 2025 #17
Probably part of the Wakefield study - I must have missed that part. Permanut Apr 2025 #18
He can outdo this. Wait for it. twodogsbarking Apr 2025 #20
OMG SidneyR Apr 2025 #21
Paging Pete Hogsbreath: Emrys Apr 2025 #22
kHegsbreth is that guy you don't want to be following in the buffet line. Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2025 #28
Someone more technologically talented than I Chellee Apr 2025 #23
Here's the sink image! AdamThePhantump Apr 2025 #34
Thanks! Chellee Apr 2025 #38
Heh AdamThePhantump Apr 2025 #39
What's wrong with a hole in the ground for your dumps/pee? erronis Apr 2025 #24
You know what? At first I didn't know it was the onion. NNadir Apr 2025 #25
Okay. You got me. underpants Apr 2025 #27
Holy shit, you got me on that one. ffr Apr 2025 #30
I had to check the link. niyad Apr 2025 #31
Not in the mood to waste time reading satire. Satire today is real news tomorrow, regrettably. . Pepsidog Apr 2025 #32
You know things are bad when you're pleading "Let this be the Onion" as you scan for the source link. /nt spudspud Apr 2025 #36
That was satire? ananda Apr 2025 #37
 

brush

(61,033 posts)
29. This moron is going to kill people. Soon he'll be calling for herd immunity...
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 06:49 PM
Apr 2025

Last edited Tue Apr 8, 2025, 07:24 PM - Edit history (1)

for measles and every other health threat that comes along.

He's also calling for water districts to stop adding fluoride to water systems. Rotten teeth for the younger generations coming up.

ShazzieB

(22,160 posts)
15. I know, right?
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 05:33 PM
Apr 2025

I was extremely relieved when I saw that this was from The Onion.

At one time, I wouldn't even have had to wonder, but in these messed up times, hardly anything seems completely impossible.

iemanja

(57,314 posts)
9. What a lunatic.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 04:36 PM
Apr 2025

Unreal.

ETA: Given the absurdity of this administration, I didn't realize this was the Onion at first.

louis-t

(24,566 posts)
10. You had me going for a second.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 05:02 PM
Apr 2025
"RFK Jr. Bans Hand Washing from Government Offices. Says Prehistoric People Didn't Wash Their Hands and They Survived."

Collimator

(2,075 posts)
33. Caught this goofy Tweet which filtered through the social media platforms:
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 06:58 PM
Apr 2025

Paraphrasing--

The news today is like,


" America banning wheelchair ramps because they weren't in the Bible.

Meanwhile, Finland makes ice cream free."




markodochartaigh

(4,919 posts)
11. Gardez l'eau!
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 05:19 PM
Apr 2025

All sarcasm aside, probably one of the most useful phrases with the current administration.

Paladin

(32,222 posts)
12. The Onion strikes again!
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 05:20 PM
Apr 2025

God bless and keep The Onion---for many years to come. Lord knows, we're going to need it....

Karasu

(2,003 posts)
16. Before clicking on the topic title, I actually assumed this WASN'T The Onion.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 05:35 PM
Apr 2025

Last edited Wed Apr 9, 2025, 12:39 AM - Edit history (1)

Kinda says it all.

Emrys

(8,907 posts)
22. Paging Pete Hogsbreath:
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 06:14 PM
Apr 2025
Fox News’ @PeteHegseth admits, unprompted, that he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years.

“Germs are not a real thing,” Pete says. “I can’t see them, therefore they’re not real.” pic.twitter.com/9hsAb9YA9j

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 10, 2019


Yes, you heard that correctly. On the Fox and Friends segment attached to the Tweet, Hegseth claimed, "I don’t think I’ve washed my hands for 10 years.” Not 10 minutes, not 10 hours, not even 10 days. Ten years.

He reemphasized this by saying, “Really, I don’t really wash my hands ever,” which is even longer than 10 years.

Not exactly the type of thing that you want to hear at a party, or at a meal, or at work, or pretty much any situation on the Planet Earth.

Why on Earth would you not wash your hands ever? Hegseth explained, “I inoculate myself. Germs are not a real thing. I can’t see them. Therefore they’re not real.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/02/11/why-fox-news-pete-hegseth-hasnt-washed-his-hands-in-10-years/

Chellee

(2,281 posts)
23. Someone more technologically talented than I
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 06:20 PM
Apr 2025

needs to add that picture of Musk carrying a sink around. There has never been a thread that needed it more.

erronis

(22,513 posts)
24. What's wrong with a hole in the ground for your dumps/pee?
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 06:23 PM
Apr 2025

My sister is known to tell me frequently that people in other lands squat and do their business.

This is probably because she and I (as a young lad) shared a toilet. She painted on the seat "Don't Pee On Me!"

NNadir

(37,208 posts)
25. You know what? At first I didn't know it was the onion.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 06:33 PM
Apr 2025

That piece of shit is that batshit crazy.

ffr

(23,322 posts)
30. Holy shit, you got me on that one.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 06:50 PM
Apr 2025

The level of crazy is hard to recognize. What is truth and what is fiction.

FUCK!

Pepsidog

(6,353 posts)
32. Not in the mood to waste time reading satire. Satire today is real news tomorrow, regrettably. .
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 06:58 PM
Apr 2025

spudspud

(635 posts)
36. You know things are bad when you're pleading "Let this be the Onion" as you scan for the source link. /nt
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 07:22 PM
Apr 2025
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