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what a glorious deep cut.

Great minds, etc.

Even more obscure than this incident was when he saw an alien spacecraft in Early county, GA.

It took me a couple of seconds, then I remembered the killer-rabbit incident. Well done, @theonion.com !

Deep cut

If Carter had lived another 5 years no one would have got the joke.

Is this how I found out Jimmy Carter dies? *Googles* Yep this is how I found out Jimmy Carter died 🙃

Really your best work yet. Funny without being mean at all. Bravo.

So had to Google this.

Took me a minute!

He wasn't a great president, but he was the kind of person that we should all aspire to be. That may be the more important lesson to be learned from hiring life.

great moments in presidential history! s-usih.org/2018/02/the-...

Poor old Genocide Jim

Deeply appreciated!

I appreciate that while lesser news sources have obituaries in hand, the onion has this.

He would have loved this.

Oh. Great. Its the Onion, the Onion is the way I learned feom that he died

Hats off to those old enough and, frankly, astute enough to get the joke! 😂

I had a theory...

Perhaps we should ban doctors from giving the worthless bigoted wealthy, needed healthcare, like they have demanded banned healthcare for women. What better possible way is there, to protect the non-existent unborn. Then letting worthless greed choke on its own puke. Spread the wealth you parasites.

I love you so much.

Napoleon was attacked by hundreds

If only he had:

Now send that rabbit to Mar-a-lago.

that was fast

For those needing context: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_C...

Harvey???

I read about the rabbit incident on 4/20 in '79 and I'm still lost

I suspect President Carter would have appreciated this headline. RIP sir

Gosh, that’s obscure

the press was watching a bit too much Monty Python methinks

"Fortunately, there were no other troubles to the Carter administration in 1979, and it was smooth sailing." ----- 'I see what you did there.' - embassy hostages in Tehran in November 1979, probably

Hey Onion! Can you please post the old article you have about Jimmy Carter saying he is a nuclear engineer? I can't find it.

That was a deep cut (but a good one).

rabbit refs so bad. But actually even Pres Carter would have laughed. RIP Pres Jimmy Carter, a very good & decent man.

APB: Last seen posing as a hospice nurse.

Same!

I just hope when i'm his age i can do what he did.

Oh man, first I find out about Carter, and now this is how I'm learning Threads has comments?

I still wish Ronald Reagan had invited him down to the tarmac to welcome the Iranian hostages home.

Now that's obscure. Nice

☺️

He would have laughed

Leave it to the Onion to remind us all about the crazy attack bunny!!

He’d get a kick out of that

this is a DEEP cut lolololol

booooo

Carter was harder to kill.

You are so bad. 😬

Here's the hare-raising tale this is based on: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_C...

Very sad. Was hoping he'd run for a second term in 2028

🤣

He was decent man.

Deep cut, too soon, but fabulous.

Damn guess his peanuts really did go sour

Haha! (Ok but I’m 18, born in ‘06 so please explainse ¿)

No, just wrong.

His death made me sad but this is fucking hilarious

Was hoping he’d outlive the Biden presidency for the lols.

Me pretending to get it

If this is how you found out I'm so sorry.

You know, I’d hate to have to do a disclaimer BEFORE the quote, but considering the other comments in this thread specifically, and taking into account Bluesky users in general, the following is from the Simpsons: “He’s history’s greatest monster!” RIP Jimmy 🥜

Leave it to The Onion to find away to get us to laugh through the pain. RIP, Jimmy.

Brilliant

Loved Jimmy but had to laugh.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_C...

Oh so this is how I found out he died

Paws doesn’t give up

He was the closet thing we ever got to a real populist president. RIP Jimmy Carter

Well, thank goodness! I was worried he'd developed a peanut allergy! 😉 Meanwhile - lots of respect for the former president. I remember him taking full responsibility for a hostage situation that went sideways in a manner none would ever see today.

Had forgotten the swamp rabbit incident.

also an angry rabbit came after him back in the day.

Jimmys gone. 💔

Still not funny

Was the Holy Grail scene in reference to this? Or did the Pythons come up with it first?

Ha, legend! Both…

This is a joke he would have liked, because he actually had a sense of humour.

Alas!

*snort*

You had to be there.

Nature always surprises with its wonders!

This would make President Carter Hoppy

Beautiful!

Don't go pro yet.

Okay, that is absolute brilliance.

That is a DEEP cut

Huh?

I got it, and it wasn't funny

That was you? Why I oughta….

Y'all have been sitting on this joke for decades haven't you

Ok I snorted but I feel guilty about it

God bless you Jimmy your policies saved me and my family as children. I always let everyone know when the subject of good government comes up.

Going RIGHT to hell for this one

President Carter probably would have laughed. May his memory be a blessing to all who knew him, admired him, and loved him.

You’ve been waiting for this, haven’t you? 😝

Was he in a boat when he died?

Remembering a lighthearted story about the man from decades ago and using it like this is the highest honor a satire news site can bestow.

HFS, this is gold. Had to go listen to the Tom Paxton song & telling of the story just now. RIP, Mr President.

This is how I found out Jimmy Carter died....and they say The Onion isn't a reliable news source. Ridiculous!

That's a deep cut!

Too soon Onion, too soon.

“Lusting in one’s heart” proves fatal.

By every indication, a good good man. How far we’ve fallen.

Thank you for posting that. Made me chuckle that’s for sure.

I'm so confused about why this detail was included, unless it was a focal point in some of the news stories (frankly, I do not feel like diving down a, yes, rabbit hole, on the subject at this moment). Boomers/GenX'ers, help? Just weird writing?

Wtf is a swamp rabbit?