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Collected Item: “The Onion Reports that Nation Close to Getting Videoconferencing Software to Work”

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The Onion Reports that Nation Close to Getting Videoconferencing Software to Work

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Satirical News Article from The Onion

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The Onion has been having a field day with the unbelievable times we are living through. They are doing a great job making fun of what is happening and our reaction to it. This article, written as we had to make an overnight change to working remotely and homeschooling, makes us laugh at how we struggled to get the videoconferencing software to work. People across America were all saying in union, "Can you hear me?" "Can you see me?" and "I don't know how to fix it."

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Zoom, videoconferencing, workathome, remotework, homeschooling, remotelearning, software, meetings, glitches

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https://www.theonion.com/nation-close-to-getting-videoconferencing-software-to-w-1842456277

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The Onion

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2020-03-23
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