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Onion Atlas Redraws the World

No corner of the globe is safe from the masters of satire

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 3, 2007 3:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – You may never look at the world in quite the same way after reading the new atlas from the Onion, says a Newsweek reviewer. Our Dumb World is the best parody in 30 years, writes Malcolm Jones, with its mix of laugh-out-loud goofball humor and darker satire. The Iraq map, for instance, shows US "soldiers arguing over whose turn it is to wear armor." 

The atlas points out interests such as the "glowing beet fields" of Ukraine. And it is "heartbreakingly accurate" on places such as Congo, where the description of atrocities degenerates into an expletive, followed by, "You don't want to know what goes on here." Tennessee, meanwhile, is "like Hee-Haw, but a state."

You'll never look at the world quite the same after reading the Onion's new atlas.
You'll never look at the world quite the same after reading the "Onion's" new atlas.   (Index Stock)
Sites marked on the atlas's map of Iraq include family burning effigy to stay warm, U.S. soldiers arguing over whose turn it is to wear armor and father threatening to turn this car bomb right around if kids don't be quiet.
Sites marked on the atlas's map of Iraq include "family burning effigy to stay warm," "U.S. soldiers arguing over whose turn it is to wear armor" and "father threatening to turn this car bomb right around...   (Index Stock)
In Our Dumb World, parody maps mix light-hearted mockery with more pointed political satire.
In "Our Dumb World," parody maps mix light-hearted mockery with more pointed political satire.   (Index Stock)
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