Memorial Honors Victims Of Imminent Dam Disaster

[@martineldritch]

My heart goes out to all those future survivors suffering from pre-traumatic stress disorder.

[@janewick509]

Why is your comment in the bottom? It's undderrated. Lemme boost you up.

[@rosearachnid879]

@@janewick509 yes boosttt

[@acjcunleashed7946]

United States Congress senators and lawmakers when the kid has to go to school the next day

[@figo3554]

Yes

[@razvansamoila]

Better known as anxiety

[@ichijofestival2576]

They say "Comedy = Tragedy + Time." They never specified which direction in time.

[@Dapstart]

I love this

[@vin_2620]

Clever

[@moonlightluck-5622]

What is an Ichijo Festival anyway

[@UpsideDownCycle]

@@shadowivy333 is it? or did portal 2 get it from somewhere else? Like honestly i don't know.

[@ichijofestival2576]

@@moonlightluck-5622 None can say. There were no survivors.

[@FlagshipHistory]

I lost it at "This tragedy will have been preventable"

[@randomnamegbji]

"All of the warning signs are here. Now."

[@sandrabard3677]

grammar at its best

[@ArcticArca]

1000th like

[@danielsmith5032]

Went to the comments just to see if someone posted this 😂😂

[@BiFurDoggy]

@@sandrabard3677 the best part is that it's entirely grammatically correct

[@SMBBM92]

The fact that they took precautions to protect the memorial is perhaps my favourite detail.

[@donsolos]

I was laughing so hard I completely missed that. That was hysterical the second time thru

[@andmicbro1]

Lol, that's the one that got me. They were so thoughtful!

[@axeinrose]

It’s on point with actual Folsom

[@OnePieceFan4765]

@@donsolos nice pfp

[@deleted-something]

Ye

[@kelseybarton]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard the phrase “will have been preventable” in my entire life

[@glumbortango7182]

Thank the Onion for this new avenue of possibilites

[@supersonictumbleweed]

"We see all the signs now"

[@EShum]

surprisingly I have. Like with the California wildfires they take about how before they start, they will have been preventable if the gov't does control burns

[@bulldozer8950]

I have.... in a different onion story....

[@NowhereMan7]

@@EShum "would have been preventable if..." is not the same as the concrete sentence "Will have been preventable".

[@CopyRezo36]

This actually makes a good exercise for practicing verb tenses. I could show this to my ESL students.

[@spencergraham-thille9896]

Good idea.

[@gabenmcfry2823]

8 year old comment but im liking it anyway

[@windskm]

Hello CopyRezo44

[@wininspn]

I'm an ESL teacher, too, and I was thinking the same thing!

[@madscientistshusta]

@@wininspn we need more teachers like this.

[@ThePopushi]

"My grave won't matter because they're not gonna find my body" I'm dying LOL

[@Afiriss]

ThePopushi this video is even weirder for me because I live in Folsom lmao

[@risky_busine55]

So is he.

[@1ermejo4ever1]

and your body will never be recovered

[@danielw.2554]

@@Afiriss Rip my friend

[@probably4943]

ThePopushi no Dennis will be

[@skyslasher6267]

tragic... i have a cousin who still lives there. i feel horrible when i think about how much i will miss him

[@panzerkampfwageniv4065]

SkySlasher The dam will sadly break any minute...

[@9600bauds]

you will have my condolences

[@skyslasher6267]

@@9600bauds thanks, there hasnt been a day where i havent thought of him

[@andresalgado8609]

Try not to think about it.

[@abhaysingh8345]

You will have our condolences and hopefully they will get justice

[@codycessna5038]

Update: The dam still hasn’t collapsed, but the memorial fell and killed 12 people.

[@Ohflipsnap]

Thankfully a memorial for them was already constructed sixteen hours prior to those twelve victims.

[@OrionoftheStar]

@@Ohflipsnap Thank goodness for quality American architectural engineering, capable of determining the precise date at which a memorial for a future tragedy will itself inflict tragedy upon others.

[@SheagleArk]

It was discovered that Dennis muñoz was one of the victims

[@disastermidi1990]

DJDiggity but they never found his body :(

[@SheagleArk]

@@disastermidi1990 he also was undoubtedly the first

[@EulersNumber2.718]

I will never forget this tragedy when it happens

[@enclave2k1]

I will have had never forgotten this tragedy, when it eventually happens.*

[@jacockistitsworth9392]

@@enclave2k1 no.

[@k.i.c6463]

Oof. As someone that lives in folsom, this is scary

[@cryo2156]

@@k.i.c6463 I'm so sorry for your future loss

[@vitalityfox]

This did happen. That's what makes it so funny.

[@NeoRipshaft]

This is no time to be pointing fingers, we need to come together and support these victims both living and not yet born.

[@bayblademaster697]

Catman r/Ihavereddit Shut up

[@bbbbmmm-ui3ht]

@@TheCreationKing shut up nerd

[@Adhjie]

@krepnata kadara I want x button but the irl and pluperfect just seal it I'm giving this a usual gta speedrun no button no cheat code perfect To top it of is to use ablative construct in german mimicking latin jussive is not present thi

[@azuknow1653]

Oh thats dark

[@gnochhuos645]

Kid named finger

[@Will-yz7sy]

update: they’ve started executing the residents to lessen the future death toll

[@hhdddd4282]

That's smart it cost more money to etch a name in a memorial than to execute someone.

[@joaquinsenn1154]

You think like a politician already

[@donald12998]

Ah, the COVID 19 method I see.

[@Ace_BlackStar]

@@joaquinsenn1154 no if he was thinking like a politician he would have bombed it to stop the threat from happening but killing the whole town to save the town

[@nizammahamood5909]

Using the nearby prison's "Mashinator"

[@saltysnowflake5832]

“My grave won’t matter because they’ll never find my body”

[@space_fox12]

F o o d

[@Treycotwright]

Nicito Sta. Ana you bet your ass it did lmao 🤣

[@brandona7526]

Completely lost it at that

[@leavethisemptier]

1:47

[@squizzlor]

Danny Love yeah that one got me XD

[@MistahFox]

"I only wish there was some way to avoid this terrible tragedy... that didn't require so much funding..."

[@christopherverdery1294]

"What will repairing the dam cost?" "You're looking at $50 million. And that's just for repairs. There's upgrades that will keep the dam working for decades beyond..." "Just got a proposal from the memorial artist. I'll show you the door."

[@cones914]

Politicians in a nutshell.

[@coolfellabackwards]

Next sentence: "The memorial was built on higher ground that won't be swept away when the dam collapses."

[@user-te1zl6jc1b]

He has a point but he doesn't have a point It's a genius comedy flick

[@MaskOfCinder]

Climate change in a nutshell

[@thehungrynunusvids]

I completely lost my shit at " my grave won't matter because they're not going to find my body"

[@ninjaslash52_98]

I needed a good laugh

[@detested2022]

How about the bald white guy who said he'll take his own life after he survives the tragedy

[@TonyCrenshawsLatte]

@@detested2022 And instead of the typical "what have I done," he goes, "what will I have done?" XD

[@donsolos]

The way he says it too like he is so bitter about it really lit my ass up 😭😭😭

[@batmancanfly1086]

“What will I have done?” Is one of the best lines I’ve ever heard

[@donxx1206]

no it should of been what am i doing i cant belive i do not see this coming

[@juzoli]

“This disaster, will have been preventable” They should use this video for teaching English tenses.

[@Shaun-tz6qe]

They might have ended on the best line: "Once the massive death toll becomes apparent, I will end my own life. What will I have done?"

[@Resi1ience]

It won't be too late for him; there will probably be help, assuming the crisis hotline number doesn't change by the time the dam breaks.

[@lordoftc]

I love how there’s subtitles for the Japanese woman speaking English.

[@ijoinedthedarkside333]

Those are auto subtitles

[@jlc5639]

@@ijoinedthedarkside333 u a dumb ass

[@f.h.k6356]

It’s a common thing for people with heavy accents

[@lotharschmal7991]

I mean tbf I prob wouldn’t understand her without those

[@jlc5639]

I don't think people realise it's a joke. She's perfectly intelligible. She's got subtitles simply because she's not American.

[@CrimeaRiver]

Thanks for recommending this to me after a mere 11 years, KZbin.

[@EinFelsbrocken]

They werent sure if Putin is *that* into American TV ;)

[@JKTCGMV13]

Oh wow I didn’t realize it was that old. I had thought they gave it that look intentionally

[@susanritter2520]

Crimea_River you’ve got the best username on the Internet. Here’s your memorial -errr - trophy 🥇🏆🥇

[@Trever101]

yes

[@cristibajereanu582]

Why the fuck are you complaining when such a high quality content is recommanded, even though is 11 years old video?

[@kukuc96]

To date the only use of the future perfect continuous tense I have ever heard outside of a textbook.

[@leslie6757]

That little girl with the sign that says “I will miss my daddy”. Y’all I can’t with this video 😂😂

[@Archonsx]

lmao

[@joshuagrahambrown]

It’s the card that says “Try not to think about it” for me 💀

[@zurirobinson2749]

That's actually legitimately really sad- out of the context of the skit, a child with a terminally ill parent could have actually drawn that

[@leslie6757]

@@zurirobinson2749 that’s not where my mind went

[@davidh6868]

"The memorial can be altered to include up to two thousand names in the event that the disaster occurs during the annual Folsom Jazz Festival."

[@hogglewart]

Ah yes, the writers of this bit did indeed come up with this funny byline.

[@thursdaythought7201]

Folsom Jazz Festival is in Folsom though and folsom is above the folsom damn

[@SuperSlik50]

Horrific . Prayers for the hypothetical victims in their hour of theoretical need

[@jacockistitsworth9392]

@Rory Spoons LOL2 you stupid bot

[@Adhjie]

@@blank2588 or yt bugged as usual

[@shadybanana6553]

@Rory Spoons Lol 3

[@windyWindward]

Lol4

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

HYPOTHETICAL prayers...

[@abbycross90210]

I'm glad they had the foresight to put the memorial on high ground. God bless those future victims.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

indeed

[@NYCentralSpotter1070]

With the drought, Folsom took down the preemptive memorial, deciding that there was no imminent threat of the reservoir breaking.

[@devinthierault]

Kendra Marybeth Davenport Maybe this week eh?

[@sherk3286]

Though the dam memorial will be left in storage on high ground; portable and ready to be redeployed for that faithful day that is inevitable

[@guardianoftheduat]

Butch drought is over

[@SaintDuck]

2019, that didn't age well

[@jonnda]

They could have saved money by reworking the memorial for drought victims.

[@SanctuaryReintegrate]

"I only wish that there was some way to avoid this terrible tragedy that didn't require so much funding" US government in a nutshell LMAO

More like British petroleum

[@scottcarr9320]

And when you read some of the sub text: “CA couple spent $300 million on a research center to find out why their child is failing at school”, 1:54

[@scottcarr9320]

The real things necessary to fund

[@jdo8617]

Every government* Dont forget that just bc you live in America dosen't mean it doesn't happen anywhere else. Everyone's corrupt. We're just the best country so we get the most shit 😁

[@jdo8617]

@@Jacob-bm6wb lol okay snowflake

[@thepostfk]

they were so close to this actually happening.

[@dangernoodle8376]

Article?

[@johnnygreenface]

My sister lived in the area and had to evac if this is what I think it is

[@EmmaHopman]

It was all the buzz for about 2 weeks

[@hizokuto]

Oroville Dam in the same area

[@dfwai7589]

Y'all know this isn't real right? Like the Onion literally makes up news stories for laughs. I feel like the OP was being sarcastic, but I'm honestly not sure about half the people in this reply section

[@luc1d305]

The most unrealistic part is that the mayor plans to take responsibility and resign

[@dad5088]

Making empty promises is very realistic

[@osmano675]

Not at all, he will resign... along with a million dollar payout.

[@The_Singularity.]

I love you 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@spoidalbynature]

I agree with the others, it was realistic

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

That was 15 years ago, when low level politicians were still expected to resign to appease the public.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

This is wrong because no politician would take responsibility.

[@enclave2k1]

Yea, the onion is satire home slice. Politicians also don't care about dead constituents... they still vote.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

@@enclave2k1 I know it's satire

[@juzoli]

No, politicians ALWAYS take responsibility. They often have a press event where they take responsibility, and then they go back to the same as before with no actual consequences.

[@juzoli]

@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez I was being sarcastic here. If there are no consequences, then you are not actually take responsibility.

[@FrozenRat161]

Politicians claim to take responsibility as long as something is not directly caused by them and they don't actually have to move a finger.

[@Poop-nu1so]

2:09 this man is an actor for The Onion, but needs a hug.

[@Masada1911]

Poop so do I though...

[@MrMitchbow]

This memorial is classic American style because this will be historic national tragedy. 🇺🇸

[@hugejackedman7423]

Thought they would say “a classic American style because this will be a classic American tragedy”

[@DirtyPrancing]

I was disappointed she didn't say, "because this will be a classic American mistake"

[@miladantoine4566]

Lol and she said it with her heavy Asian accent "this wer be"

[@EnseiMada]

Isn't it ironic that these quote is never been appropriate until this 2020.

[@Formula1st]

Well this aged like milk

[@duneydan7993]

It's amazing how i could not tell the video is 17 years old.

[@Bezos404]

When you don't know The Onion and realize after a minute, that something in this video is off.

[@jameswhite3415]

Calum Cowan Agreed, the Onion is reputable, reliable, and none bias. That does not happen with the news nowadays.

[@magmafang7187]

R all onion things fake because surely these Americans is this dumb

[@twisted9285]

Magma Fang this is a trustworthy American news network. It is one of the best and most reliable.

[@danydady6851]

@@magmafang7187 the onion is also the fastest news station by far. It is currently the only one capable of delivering stories before the events actually happen.

[@MelkisgoedvoorJan]

Calum Cowan hahah yh I knew something was off but it took so long to understand what was actually going on

[@TsukiNaito1]

This feels so relevant to the California wildfire situation.

[@donsolos]

1000%

[@dustysandals5466]

Funnily enough, The Oroville dam did break in 2017.

[@jaygee9590]

Locating the memorial beyond the path of the inevitable disaster shows incredible foresight. All involved should be commended for being proactive in this regard.

[@WhatIsThisForAgain]

On another note: Folsom still doesn’t even have a dam. It is right now being constructed. The farsightedness in display by this memorial committee is laudable. Dennis Munez, the first victim, declared that he will take the job at the tower ‘no matter what, gotta feed my family’.

[@QueenFondue]

It's amazing how much funnier a simple change of tense can make a tragedy.

[@RonaldMcPaul]

RIP speakers of Asian languages with no tenses.

[@mmorpg1428]

I cry every time I pass by the dam on my way to work. I hope I’ll never forget this tragedy when it happens. #rip

[@danielsmith5032]

MMoRPG 😂😂

[@tdpay9015]

If you're traveling on nearby Route 10 when it happens, I'll shake my head sadly when I read your name on the memorial.

[@MiniEquine]

This is unironically exactly how things are being handled in the USA regarding our bridges. Everything built in the 40s and 50s is going to eventually come down if it’s not essentially replaced, since thousands of bridges are beyond repair even now.

[@KingHarkinianMah21]

I believe that is what’s being satirized

[@Discojericho]

@@KingHarkinianMah21 Its also a reference to the St. Francis Dam disaster.

[@dogge929]

Bro we've got bridges from the 20's here! That's model T Ford era, built for model T loads. These same bridges carry Tractor Trailers dozens of times a day.

[@zacharyrollick6169]

Not where I live. We have replaced plenty of bridges recently. Granted, incompetence led to the work taking five times as long. One project went through three contractors, leaving that bridge out for a year.

[@Evelyn_Richardson]

So fucking true. Risking the lives of families, children all because they wanted kickbacks for themselves. And they tell their constituents "ahh but spending is bad, spending is for democrats and leftists." Like ok, fix the damn roads!! Politicians have very little expected of them for how much money they rake in. We just want to be able to drive somewhere safely, but people are so hateful and easily manipulated in this country.

[@johnmccrossan9376]

"this disaster will have been preventable. All the warning signs are here now. But No1 will have done anything about it." Truest thing a politician has ever said

[@njohn043]

I love how various Onion videos will just get recommended depending on how topical is

[@coolmanjack1995]

Of course this is trending and in my feed when this dam is bursting in Michigan

[@ryanweible9090]

dark humor made waaay darker by circumstance.

[@vittocrazi]

@@ryanweible9090 satire is not really dark humour, in my opinion. Because the clip is not about the flooding per se, its a jab at how incompetent the people in charge are. That and the many people that are perfectly okay with living in this kind of conditions. And its why this videos get relevant each time "the onion predicts the future". Because it ridicules the ugly of the world. dark humour is more like "the great lebowski" where the protagonist gets in a progressively worse position no matter what he does. Or if you played skyrim, Chief Yamar z getting killed. "lazarillo de tormes" has a chapter where a blind person gets tricked into ramming his head hard into a post, and it comes out as funny because the blind guy was an asshole, not because he was blind. In "fuenteovejuna" they torture a mentally challenged person, but what he "confesses" is the actual funny thing. I get there are similarities, but its not the same.

[@jacobmorrison838]

And the dam bursting in MI was 100% preventable. The people who use to be in charge of the dam ran it at like 50% water capacity to accommodate rainfall. The state attorney in MI sued them for running it that low, the lack of water was harmful to the muscles. Because of the lawsuit, different people were in charge of the dam, and were told to run it near full capacity. Because of this, there was no room for overflow. So once it rained, the dam couldn’t hold all that water.

[@souvikrc4499]

​@@jacobmorrison838 That, and the dam owners were cited by federal regulators SINCE THE 90s for failing to make safety improvements.

[@NameAvailable]

@@vittocrazi There are thousands of dams that are at risk to fail right now. Nothing gets done because it would cost billions to fix them and because many of them are owned privately which makes them hard to regulate. If America would stop putting so much money into police and military we could fix our crumbling infrastructure and the government needs to the power to regulate the dams.

[@kirknix6002]

I'm in South Carolina, but add my name to the memorial 'cause I'm dying laughing

[@glumbortango7182]

You deserve top comment.

[@TobuscusGameing]

Kirk Nix Dude, don’t be so insensitive I live in Folsom and the dam could break at any moment, my tragedy is not your comedy

[@sherif.ghoneim]

Hhhhhhhh

[@davideb.4290]

@@TobuscusGameing It will be, when enough time has passed

[@tostitos2890]

@@TobuscusGameing it will have been preventable

[@ephinem]

im convinced they tell the actors that this is not a parody and needs to be acted as very serious. These are some of the best parody actors ives seen.

[@bongumusamavuso9523]

Its like real news bro, once you're deep in the video you kinda forget its satire

[@Unnecessarilylongexplanations]

I feel we should just start upvoting all the people who think it's real so we can see them at the top

[@siyacer]

Reddit user

[@Unnecessarilylongexplanations]

@@siyacer Actually the run-down slums of Imgur but same thing

[@glumbortango7182]

Or you could just set the comments to "Newest First"

[@glumbortango7182]

@Martin we can see your corrections you know

[@ryanchuabowen2045]

Found the redditor

[@markh.6687]

I am SHOCKED at the incompetence and lack of will demonstrated by Folsom city government which will allow this terrible tragedy to unfold.

[@wisdom_magnet]

"My grave won't matter cos they're not gonna find my body" Damn

[@arthure.w2006]

Dam*

[@Kyoobur9000]

Arthur E.W I was gonna say that but you beat me. Dam it.

[@OrionoftheStar]

My eyes flooded with tears.

[@fynnla.e]

I was swept away by that.

[@chris10thetilted77]

Like the inevitable ruins of Folsom

[@erililil]

“This disaster will have been preventable” is such a genius line

[@Celisar1]

2:03 “I will take full responsibility once it happens!” Spoken like a true man of honor. 😥

[@charsfm5203]

press F to pay respects when it happens

[@CarpeNoctem135]

Peanut Butter pre-emptive F

[@jcast1749]

F

[@6piecechickenmcnuggets23]

E (is the letter before F)

[@CarpeNoctem135]

6 Piece Chicken McNuggets good call E

[@jadenstar1038]

E or D(on Keyboard)

[@Heeby-Jeebies]

Rest in peace eventually, my friends.

[@theciasmuggledcoke1261]

I will I guess

[@bootstrap52]

Thanks

[@ashok305]

"i will take the full responsibility for the tragedy when it happens" , a responsible mayor right there, so nice of him

[@BradleyWashburn1]

oh man, I live down stream from this. Why don't I do anything about this before it happens?

[@roguishpaladin]

So, um, did you?

[@jumpingsloth3963]

This was 4 years ago. Please reply if you are ok.

[@HandledToaster2]

Rest in Piece Bradley

[@butterdrag0n330]

Kevin Vang I don't think they made it

[@Frank-hw3fd]

We will start always remembering you the moment you are gone :(

[@ValensBellator]

And to think Michigan didn’t even produce a preemptive memorial for their dams breaking... Given they’d been warned in Michigan about those dams for years this sketch is striking very close to home right now.

[@vittocrazi]

20 years of warnings...

[@souvikrc4499]

@@vittocrazi And yet the dam owners did nothing but bicker.

[@11Survivor]

*Imagine your dams aren't owned by the government-*

[@enclave2k1]

Hi, I'm from Flint and I drink lead from poison water.

[@SimonClarkstone]

The Onion were playing the long game. some day this article was going to become topical.

[@moobsmcgee3554]

This is how it feels for people who knew about the virus back in January.

[@tormkg9879]

"This disaster will have been preventable." God this stuff ages well.

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

imagine if the Onion is just a real news station in an alternate universe that got destroyed and they're trying to contact us to help them.

[@brandonfoley7519]

You scare me child

[@NoName-ul8jt]

What

[@creapyalbinofish]

They are from the bearenstein universe, frankly, we dodged a bullet.

[@nataliecohen9658]

creapyalbinofish bearenstein universe?

[@PashaGamingYT]

XD

[@notnotkavi]

Anyone else got this recommended after the collapse in Michigan?

[@ripmorld9909]

me2

[@Crystal_Bull]

exactly what I was thinking.

[@seldonwright4345]

Yuppers

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

What

[@shadysam7161]

@@johnperic6860 NOOOOOOO

[@ManofChrist101]

"all the warning signs are here NOW" and "my grave wont matter because they're not gonna find my body" make me lmbo everytime i watch this

[@brandonfoley7519]

Imbo?

[@KianLeiner]

@@brandonfoley7519 limbo

[@UpsideDownCycle]

@@KianLeiner and @Maineiac fishing it means laughing my butt off. It's an alternative to lmao, or laughing my ass off.

[@pablo-gb5th]

@@brandonfoley7519 bruh you just replied to a 10 year old comment

[@codybarrett4672]

@@pablo-gb5th it's the internet and it's timeless. it someone is wrong, they're wrong forever and it NEEDS to be pointed out TODAY.

[@kugavi2679]

Thoughts and prayers to the people who will die in this preventable tragedy.

[@fuzbeatboxern5714]

This did not happen

[@JeromePJr]

I want to be remembered as Folsom's most child friendly adult. I hope everyone ruminates about how I drove my white, windowless van around town passing out candy and fidget spinners. How I gave free rides and helped look for my lost puppy. And lastly, how I was never late when school began and ended for the day.

[@rancidpitts8243]

Bless you. You are such a wonderful person. Bless you.

[@TheeOnlyStolas]

A true hero in my eyes

[@sarpeg1337]

Plot twist he aint being sarcastic

[@nutmeg9005]

Ohio Interior Design i know you made an impact on the children’s lives

[@MyName_Jeff]

@Hungry Hungry Hippo Yes, they were definitely touched 🙏🏻

[@micahdye7215]

“When the tragedy becomes apparent... I will end my own life..... what will I have done...” so sad🤧😪🤧🤧😭😭😭 fly high future fulsom victims

[@NASkeywest]

This makes me feel so helpless. I wish there was something we could have done.

[@grumpiesttitan7930]

You joking right?

[@MasonGreenWeed]

That doesn't require large funding

[@OspreyMantis]

No way they predicted the LA fires 16 years ahead of time

[@johnbyron1077]

0:54 The new Ford zero-emissions car will be powered entirely by down-hill slopes lmfao

[@scoops2]

Who else came to re-watch this after the HAI video on the Mosul dam?

[@Ec360Gaming]

Every few years KZbin starts recommending me a bunch of these old videos from The Onion, and I swear they get better every time

[@AnkitNeerajthejoker]

Hats off to the creativity

[@jjjiljjjj]

Well this aged like fine wine...

[@LS9646]

The Onion IS fine wine.

[@jjjiljjjj]

@Zaibatzu N Yay !! (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞

[@dAvrilthebear]

I considered it the best and my favorite onion clip, until this thing actually happened here in Russia at a power station killing 70. And what's more the officials that were responsible are now using the same words: "If only there had been a way to prevent it that would not have required so much funding!"

[@mbufton]

Arruda it's Russia, weirder shit has happened over there

[@TehSlan]

@Arruda Google is your friend. 2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident. A turbine that had been showing irregular vibration patterns for 10 years finally failed during a power-on, breaking out of its seating and causing a cascade of other problems. The power infrastructure in the region of this power plant was crumbling, and this plant that already had poor maintenance had been running the turbines at above-intended speeds to get more power out of them, to compensate for the lack of other sources in the area. The death toll was 75 people. And yes, the power station was a hydroelectric dam. Although it was the combined turbine failure, flooding, and opening of emergency flood gates that killed people, not the dam itself crumbling, the comparison is there.

[@sophistanonym1703]

Dennis Muñoz with that lifetime job security! I'm an optimist.

[@LucyTheBox]

This is my absolute favorite Onion reporting.

[@cribbles3476]

It's really up there with some of the Onions best skits.

[@boaoftheboaians]

Condolences to all the future victims of this imminent disaster :(

[@s6th795]

This is the best way for an English teacher to teach future perfect tense.

[@sammosaurusrex]

"My grave won't matter because they're not gonna find my body" slays me evertim

[@phoenixyip8935]

I literally live right next to Folsom that’s amazing

[@TylerMarkRichardson]

You should visit there 10am 8/9/25

[@strawberrycreamfilling]

“what will i have done” 😭😭😭

[@kendrapratt2098]

“I only wish there was some way to avoid this terrible tragedy…that didn’t require so much funding “

[@Happy-uy5wc]

I have a friend who lives right next to that dam. I went swimming there last year. It is a lovely place to have a picnic. The water's clear and clean. It's a great place for a memorial. I'm going to miss my friend Tom. But I suppose that he'll have the high honor of having his name on that memorial marker. 😊

[@grislytooth1]

As someone who lives in the Folsom area, I visit this memorial every year to pay my respects.

[@tigdogsbody]

My thoughtless prayers go out to the eminent victims.

[@mr.commenter1242]

Coronavirus: **happens** US Government: 1:02

[@Shajirr_]

Well they did start the money printer up, but to no surprise of anyone more than 99% money went directly to corporations, less than 1% actually went to people. And all this money is going to cover the asses of all those companies who burn all their profit on share buybacks to increase their share price, instead of actually doing anything useful with it like improving/expanding their company, or creating a reserve fund so that they wouldn't have needed to be bailed out in the first place.

[@KetJustin100]

Any thing happens = Us Government DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR OH WAIT lets throw money at it

[@Shajirr_]

@Great Clickbait and? That doesn't mean anything. People still get laid off/unpaid leave. And you will not see any of that money.

[@Shajirr_]

But that wouldn't be a problem if even 10% of the money went to people, since even now many earn less than they would have received on unemployment benefits.

[@Formula1st]

@Shajirr I think most people would prefer to be employed rather than have to be on benefits, even if they get less money

[@parkeypence5974]

Truly a tragedy. Such a shame that it couldn't have been avoided.

[@PokoTheDinosaur]

If only it could have been prevented 😢

[@ajbleas]

I miss when the Onion was this good...

[@aapadd]

@@frimi8593 YEAH THATS WHAT THEY SAID

[@JoshuaTheFox7]

They're still good they're just having difficulties competing with actual news stations. A lot of work has to go into making sure that their videos don't become real news

[@dynamicworlds1]

Reality has become almost impossible to parody

[@andrewzheng4038]

DynamicWorlds when reality is the parody, feelsbadman

[@ileryon4019]

youtube is kill theyre moneys

[@TheRealKoenji]

Unfortunate time to be recommended again

[@tomfuelery2905]

This will be such a sad tragedy. My heart will be breaking.

[@jasonn6306]

The despair on the face of the engineer is incredible!

[@rexcorvorum4262]

“My grave won’t matter cause they’re not gonna find my body” 🤣🤣🤣

[@williammitchell1623]

And history repeats again, Midland MI 5/20/2020

[@Cruzad]

This has come to fruition

[@glenchapman3899]

Good to see they built the memorial so it wont be swept away with the victims when the dam breaks.

[@alex_squeezebox]

This is a great example of the rare future perfect tense for non English speakers

[@powwu]

You're so right, I never would've thought of that

[@stevencooper4422]

The most underutilized aspect of the English language 😂

[@perryrhodan1364]

The Onion is pure genius. This video is 11 years old and just as important today.

[@CorndogMaker]

This isn't satire anymore

[@enclave2k1]

No, it still is. There is no such thing as a politician anymore; liar is more descriptive.

[@CanadaPlayz48]

RIP all of the people who will die in this preventable disaster.

[@dr.zionsson]

RIP to those who will die in this tragic future disaster

[@DaleDenton-ov5pg]

"A grave won't matter because, they're not going to find my body" 😂

[@gundam2jimmy]

"I wish there was a way to save them that did not cost so much money."

[@DampedGull2579]

This will be such a tragedy. I will be gutted when I hear about the families lost. My heart goes out to all those who will lose family members at some point.