Sunday, April 25, 2021

Sudden surge of interest in bleach on March 15, 2020, as prophesied

Remember back when The Onion was funny? And prophetic?


This old Onion video (not sure how old, but before 2015) predicted a major bleach-related event to take place on March 15, 2020.

Google Trends shows that there was a sudden surge of interest in bleach exactly on schedule.


I know what you're thinking: Is that when Trump suggested injecting bleach in your arm? No, that was April 23. Trump's comment was an effect, not the cause, of the still-unexplained Bleach Consciousness Event.

(March 15 is my birthday. April 23 is St. George's Day. Hi, sync fairies!)

3 comments:

A said...

That seems pretty prescient regarding the attempts to "stop climate change" by killing everything.

Otto said...

It (dis)solves all your problems.

Otto said...

Did the Onion "predict" the event, or simply "cause" the event? The bump on that day also occurs on Google Trends for "YouTube Search". I think that many people who knew about that Onion video were waiting to search for "bleach" on that day to see what was happening. To see what I mean, look at the top comment thread on that video:


MyChemicalBromance
MyChemicalBromance
4 years ago
I'll see you all back here in 2020.

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Dr. Tiggy
Dr. Tiggy
1 year ago
Less than a year to go, brothers and sisters. The Great Bleaching draws nigh.

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Seangle
Seangle
1 year ago
31.10.2019 today

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hamley
hamley
1 year ago
2 months brother


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Seangle
Seangle
1 year ago
@hamley hell... How fast is time?

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Zoe Wells
Zoe Wells
1 year ago
@hamley No, three months. Four months when you posted this. He said 'March 2020'.

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Sykroid
Sykroid
1 year ago
It's time

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moimeme
moimeme
1 year ago
Hi from 2020!

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eGavik
eGavik
1 year ago
Yo how did he predict trump?

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Manuel Browne
Manuel Browne
1 year ago
this aged INCREDIBLY WELL.

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Jimmy Dodds
Jimmy Dodds
1 year ago
Hello!

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