Greatest Correction of All Time?

From the New York Times:

Because of an editing error involving a satirical text-swapping web browser extension, an earlier version of this article misquoted a passage from an article by the Times reporter Jim Tankersley. The sentence referred to America’s narrowing trade deficit during “the Great Recession,” not during “the Time of Shedding and Cold Rocks.” (Pro tip: Disable your “Millennials to Snake People” extension when copying and pasting.)

Have you ever seen a better one?

Inspired by that, I installed Regex Replace and made the following substitutions:

Trump is now Cheetolini.
Putin is now Voldemort.
The NRA is now Death Eaters.
Republicans are now Lizard People.
The GOP is now the Lizard Council.
Millennials are pesky whipper-snappers.
Mindfulness is now nap time.

My news reading is now producing results like this, which is improving the experience no end:

New Quinnipiac poll:
>Do you approve or disapprove of the Republican tax plan?
--Net positive only among Lizard People, white w/out college, and white men; break-even with all men.

Are any of you using text substitutions? What have you got?

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