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Watch John Oliver insult how we headline articles by destroying a piñata

“The internet,” John Oliver says, “does not know how to describe things.” In particular, it doesn’t know how to describe what Oliver does on his weekly show.

John Oliver makes jokes about things. But his segments get put online under headlines that would make you think Oliver is a sadist with a body count. “Watch John Oliver completely destroy the idea that hard work will make you rich,“ or ”Watch John Oliver absolutely destroy Dr. Oz,“ and ”Watch John Oliver rip apart FIFA”.

Who would write such headlines, and for what possible purpose?

In a web exclusive though, Oliver actually does destroy something. He literally beheads a paper mache statue of an animal with a stick. Watch, and then share this post on Facebook as fast as you possibly can.

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