TOW #14

Immediately jumping into superficial action, local woman Catherine Nielson, 32, placed her cat, Reggie, on five minutes of half-assed observation Tuesday night after the gray tabby possibly ingested a small plastic thing from her apartment floor. “I saw him gnawing on some little white piece of plastic, so I’m just going to briefly and sporadically glance over at him for the next couple minutes.” The Onion writes about this not so extraordinary story about a cat who had consumed something plastic and its owner didn't really try much to observe it. This is a humorous post, filled with quotes like, "she would not let Reggie leave her peripheral vision until after the next commercial break." This mocks what people do during emergencies, and also how pet owners take their pets injuries a bit too seriously. I don't really know what the purpose of this article is, it is rather short and doesn't really have a point to it. But it is rather funny. The Onion is known for posting satirical articles that mock and poke fun at different topics. This one being pet owners. The author uses satire and parody to make fun of articles that report important articles. I think the idea was to prank readers into clicking on the article, thinking it would be an interesting story, when really it's just a dumb recap of a woman's cat who ended up eating some plastic, but was fine in the end. I personally enjoyed the article, because it was short and sarcastic.