When this news story popped up on my newsfeed I mistook it for an onion story. How bizarre is this?

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<p>I guess I just thought it was interesting that my brain just processed this as a joke article and took a minute to realize it was an actual thing. </p>

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<p>Well, North Korea is very f***ed up.</p>

<p>Waiting for the revolution.</p>

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<p>I agree it is messed up but I see so many women sporting bare arms after Michelle Obama. There may be many who get the haircut voluntarily.</p>

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<p>“until now people were only allowed to choose from 18 styles for women and 10 for men.”</p>

<p>Wow…</p>

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<p>If I’m in North Korea, the last thing I care about is what my hairstyle is. It’s a pretty silly thing to care about, especially when everyone else has the same rules. Same way that I’m sure people in the military don’t care. </p>

<p>If you’re interested check out the AMAs on Reddit on people from North Korea. There are a few. </p>

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<p>People have mistaken Onion stories for real. Such is the world these days.</p>

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<p>Reminds me of a scene from one of my favorite (pre-pedophile, pre- serious director) Woody Allen movies:
<a href=“Dictator - YouTube”>Dictator - YouTube;

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<p>Why shouldn’t they care? It’s another in a long list of rights of choice and personal liberties that they suffer. Of course they care. Should it be the top priority? Maybe not but it is still a violation of their right to personal expression. Not to mention a crazy a$$ indication of the narcissism that drives that lunatic.</p>

<p>People who join the military do so using free choice.</p>

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<p>North Korea scares me to death. No other country in the world is as repressive.</p>

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<p>On the other hand, this is from the Huffington Post. They say this rumor is not true.</p>

<p><a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost;

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<p>I hope it is a rumor. Journalism has really changed over the years, or maybe I am just starting to notice things. I think news sources used to verify multiple ways before reporting. Now it seems everyone is in a rush to beat the tweet or FB post about events and wind up posting things that just aren’t verified for fear of being scooped.</p>

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<p>Actually, this story was discredited about 24 hours after it appeared, although it was quite believable. Western experts on North Korea, including those who travel there, say it simply isn’t true. As one of them put it, these kinds of rumors are unfortunate because they tend to trivialize the far worse horrors that are taking place in North Korea.</p>

<p>I must say, though, that I believed this story when it first came out!</p>