this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
574 points (99.3% liked)

Not The Onion

12285 readers
2805 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

  1. Links to news stories from...
  2. ...credible sources, with...
  3. ...their original headlines, that...
  4. ...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Comments must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Hopefully this is onion-y enough to post here.

top 30 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old

Wow. This is historic. I bet he's got hot blood moving through him fast.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

Wrong sub, this article is about The Onion

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 95 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

“The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” said The Onion CEO Ben Collins. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.”

From the CNN.com article.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 25 points 12 hours ago

Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron.

[–] Skydancer@pawb.social 97 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

This is perhaps too onion-y, but somebody has to drop it in the thread:

The Onion's statement on the purchase

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 hours ago

Suffering from success.png

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 35 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's funny how today is one of the few days where posting that would be not the onion

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Nah if you read it it's definitely still the onion

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The overton window has moved

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

*onion window

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 hours ago

What an amazing read. Thanks for sharing!

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 25 points 12 hours ago

would like to see what Cards Against Humanity could do with the supplement business …

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 44 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I have an odd urge to subscribe to their printed syndication

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I did as soon as it was announced! I get one once a month, it’s awesome

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Do you have a pic of this badboy haha?

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

OMG this is a thing! Seriously evaluating my need for 9 bucks every month!

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

$60 for a year, or $5 a month I believe

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe different pricing? Loading https://membership.theonion.com/ from across the pond shows 99 annual or 9/month

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Dang, you’re right! I must have gotten a limited time offer that I didn’t realize

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago

The first Artikel better be about gay frogs, or I'm gonna be pissed!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago

*golf clap*

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I hope JorDan from knowledge fight get a chance to work with the onion, no one knows alex's brain better than Dan and could write a perfect spoof version

[–] Lupus@feddit.org 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Omfg I didn't even think about that possibility, that would be perfect, if Dan really gets Alex's desk I am gonna explode with laughter.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

Oh what if the onion guys handle turning new episodes into videos

[–] simple@lemm.ee 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Community name does not check out /s

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 16 points 9 hours ago

It just lined up perfectly for me...

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Finally some good news

Too bad the people we need to reach are literally incapable of understanding satire

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

let's fucking go!