they've been going hard lately
Texas Passes Mandatory 24-Hour Waiting Period Before Police Can Engage Active Shooters https://t.co/UVZeprK1vp pic.twitter.com/26vK7Ie4Pf— The Onion (@TheOnion) June 3, 2022
― frogbs, Saturday, 4 June 2022 04:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/unsettling-peta-ad-features-sobbing-burger-giving-man-b-1848956134
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 11 June 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
At the risk of outing myself as a snowflake who can't handle "edgy" humor: the new Kelly comic ('Pay Palm Bomb') is kinda gross & I'm not feeling it.
― Attached by piercing jewelry (bernard snowy), Thursday, 23 June 2022 12:20 (one year ago) link
Seemed rather benign to me?
― pplains, Thursday, 23 June 2022 13:09 (one year ago) link
I guess what's tasteless about it is the reference to the famous photo of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, even if it is "ironic"? It's say it's too offensive to be funny, but not offensive enough to be "offensive".
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 23 June 2022 14:04 (one year ago) link
lol fuck
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 23 June 2022 15:16 (one year ago) link
Ok, that went past me.
But now in context with Kelly's commentary in the corner, it is a little much.
― pplains, Thursday, 23 June 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
stuff like this is what makes it so brilliant though, it's a reflection of the mindset that causes people to show up wearing yellow Stars of David to city council meetings to protest vaccination requirements
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 June 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
Pay Palm... ok, ok.
why even draw the barrel then.
― pplains, Thursday, 23 June 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
Kelly is another one of the Onion's self-deluded editorial characters. He's a bitter self-absorbed old fuck who's driven his family and friends away and treats everything that's even a slight inconvenience to him as if it's a major outrage.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 23 June 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
if you're in the mood for livid sarcasm the homepage is pretty remarkable right now
― rob, Friday, 24 June 2022 20:15 (one year ago) link
Supreme Court Votes 5-4 To Drive Slowly Alongside Woman Walking Home Alone At Night
6-4 actually, Kavanaugh voted twice.
― nickn, Friday, 24 June 2022 20:19 (one year ago) link
This is quite far down the page but oof
https://www.theonion.com/kavanaugh-thomas-champion-creating-better-future-for-n-1849106105
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 June 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/dying-polar-bear-has-to-admit-owning-a-private-jet-woul-1849435124
― nickn, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 22:02 (one year ago) link
Oops, meant to post as a title:
Dying Polar Bear Has To Admit Owning A Private Jet Would Be Fucking Sick
― nickn, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 22:04 (one year ago) link
So, @TheOnion filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in defense of parody under the First Amendment… and it’s exactly what you’d expect. https://t.co/1JFfSqUJFA pic.twitter.com/efapgFF7dx— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) October 3, 2022
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 3 October 2022 18:55 (one year ago) link
Brett Favre Makes Amends By Sending Photo Of His Penis To Every Mississippian On Welfare
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 3 October 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
I feel like this is one headline that will keep coming up again and again:
Something Called ‘Guacamole Donut’ Burying News Of Dozens Of School Shootings https://t.co/TacilAGlyC pic.twitter.com/jUhmf2hRV9— The Onion (@TheOnion) October 26, 2022
― silverfish, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
The Onion > ClickHole. I said it, fite me. https://www.theonion.com/best-bios-from-the-conservatives-only-online-dating-sit-1849642523
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Friday, 2 December 2022 06:04 (one year ago) link
I’m gonna go ahead and walk that back a lil bit.
It’s Women Of Color Visibility Month! And Even If It Isn’t, It Should Be, And Let’s Be Real, Are You Gonna Try To Argue It’s Not? https://t.co/mITLjGZEQa pic.twitter.com/SOkdExDIxf— The Onion (@TheOnion) December 1, 2022
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Friday, 2 December 2022 06:41 (one year ago) link
No the second one is good, whereas the first is just more evidence that they're better the shorter they are, and it keeps going past the point where you think it might loop back around to good - but it never does.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 2 December 2022 23:21 (one year ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997
― la vie wokisme (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 February 2023 20:18 (one year ago) link
Boiling the piss of the right people.
It’s a source of wonder to me that this guy once made a living out of writing comedy. Now he’s… this. Transphobia rots the brain, kids. pic.twitter.com/DHmSxABvoo— Paul Duane 🏳️⚧️ (@paulduanefilm) February 17, 2023
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 18 February 2023 11:32 (one year ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/evangelical-leaders-announce-j-k-rowling-finally-bigot-1850129128
― Liz D. (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 02:02 (one year ago) link
loll
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 02:47 (one year ago) link
A meme from somewhere that I saw on discord.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/886401332460793896/1081998660407136380/IMG_4542.png
― nickn, Monday, 6 March 2023 02:34 (one year ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/texas-bans-consensual-sex-1848631845
― StanM, Thursday, 27 April 2023 09:01 (one year ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/j-k-rowling-announces-she-no-longer-transphobic-after-1850432981
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:46 (one year ago) link
kelly reaching the stars
https://www.instagram.com/p/CvIsExgu4RJ/
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 22:20 (ten months ago) link
Is that on the Onion, or somewhere else publicly viewable?
― serving bundt (sic), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 08:00 (ten months ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/curbed-emissions-1850673988
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 10:51 (ten months ago) link
Kelly watch the stars
― serving bundt (sic), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 16:05 (ten months ago) link
It’s great that through all the ownership and editorship changes of the Onion he is still there. Ward Sutton did a great cartoon (Ward’s Cleaver) under his real name for alt weeklies when those existed. And he went to my Alma Mater!
― Moritz von Oswald von Wolkenstein (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 16:29 (ten months ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-stands-with-israel-because-it-seems-like-yo-1850922505
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 13 October 2023 15:40 (eight months ago) link
good shit
https://www.theonion.com/report-free-dead-bodies-buried-underground-seemingly-f-1850942454
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 12:58 (seven months ago) link
no clue what's happening here but "Global Tetrahedron" has been The Onion's default fake name for generic corporations for a quarter century now https://t.co/U8kn5HN4vD https://t.co/6hlnVa65QS pic.twitter.com/7uwtqymc6J— Eric Harvey (@ericdharvey) April 25, 2024
― Never fight uphill 'o me, boys! (President Keyes), Thursday, 25 April 2024 18:46 (one month ago) link
The new owners include tech guy Jeff Lawson and former NYT writer Ben Collins.
“Our goal is to be stewards for this thing,” he said. “We’re keeping all the writers, we’re going to work with the union, we’re going to make it so they can hopefully get paid a little bit more money, and we’re going to give them the room to grow.”The new owners said they planned to improve user experience on the website and expand into multimedia, but otherwise wanted The Onion’s staff members to continue to do the work they’ve been doing.Mr. Lawson and Mr. Collins, who were in Chicago Thursday to meet The Onion’s editorial staff, declined to disclose the deal price. Noah Shachtman, the former editor in chief of Rolling Stone, has advised on the project, according to two people with knowledge of the deal.“The Onion is just an institution,” Mr. Lawson said, adding: “It should be preserved and it should be great.”
The new owners said they planned to improve user experience on the website and expand into multimedia, but otherwise wanted The Onion’s staff members to continue to do the work they’ve been doing.
Mr. Lawson and Mr. Collins, who were in Chicago Thursday to meet The Onion’s editorial staff, declined to disclose the deal price. Noah Shachtman, the former editor in chief of Rolling Stone, has advised on the project, according to two people with knowledge of the deal.
“The Onion is just an institution,” Mr. Lawson said, adding: “It should be preserved and it should be great.”
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Friday, 26 April 2024 00:14 (one month ago) link
Wow. Collins was at NBC, not NYT, but really curious how a youngish journalist ended up in that position.
NEWS: My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO.We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and share the wealth with staff. Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.https://t.co/CQtWzFHn4A— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 25, 2024
― jaymc, Friday, 26 April 2024 00:26 (one month ago) link
“Our goal is to be stewards for this thing,” he said. “We’re keeping all the writers, we’re going to work with the union, we’re going to make it so they can hopefully get paid a little bit more money, and we’re going to give them the room to grow.”
thought this was an Onion article at first
― c u (crüt), Friday, 26 April 2024 01:01 (one month ago) link
but really curious how a youngish journalist ended up in that position.
Turns out he skeeted his way into it:https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3kr2kcufdxf2t
― jaymc, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:49 (one month ago) link
i've noticed a lot less bite in their insta posts lately?
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Monday, 29 April 2024 21:53 (one month ago) link
well this acquisition might ruin my online 'handle'. at least they're clearly superfans as global tetrahedron is almost completely a reference in articles from 1999
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:57 (one month ago) link
Lost it at the photo
https://www.theonion.com/annoying-teen-on-train-has-girlfriend-s-whole-face-in-m-1851439456
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 3 May 2024 22:07 (one month ago) link
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-give-this-rich-dude-jeff-lawson-dollar-the-onion/
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 5 May 2024 10:46 (one month ago) link
Things that sound like an Onion article
― pplains, Sunday, 5 May 2024 13:57 (one month ago) link