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Texas Demands ID for Toothbrushes: "Think of the Children's Teeth" (isglitch.com)

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Lawmakers insist dental care now requires government-issued identification

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[–] HexPat@lemm.ee 40 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It’s alarming how far into the article I had to read before I knew it was satire.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago

We're living in a post-satire world.

The Defense Department of the United States censored a story about the bombing of Hiroshima because the name of the mission plane was the Enola Gay.

An actual Congressman put in a bill to put Donald Trump's face on Mount Rushmore.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are you really sure it is satire? After all, this is Texas they are talking about. It could actually be in the legislatures pipeline right now.

[–] HexPat@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Fair point. I’d ask my brother who still lives there if there’s anything to it but it would just piss him off and I wouldn’t hear from him from months.