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		jcromartie on June 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Onion launches Clickhole The Onion was lampooning infographics before they took off and evolved into "listicles" at least 10 years ago.

mikeash on June 12, 2014 [–]

At least two decades. Here's one in an issue from 1994: http://www.theonion.com/articles/november-2-1994,10581/

I imagine they go all the way back to 1988 but it's hard to dig them up....

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