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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 130 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] somtwo@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago

It's not fair, it sounds so plausible!

[–] kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Fuck, yeah it got me too

(in fairness i'm tipsy rn)

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think this site also had a really funny article about an alpha male that touched a tampon and ended up in an ER.

[–] kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

damn, good thing I'm a woman. sending my condolences to the victim and his family

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Bro had UHC too

[–] goferking0 1 points 1 month ago

100% something they'd do, which makes it even easier to swallow the onion

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it is fucking sad to say that I had to double check and make sure this wasn't a not-the-onion story.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Honest question. At what point do people proclaim this? Did you read the article or did you internally respond before checking the source?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

No. You read the headline, and react. Just the same as any other article. Then you see the community posted, laugh, and reply "ate the onion".

See in the 90s, the whole point of the onion (the actual original paper distributed onion newsletter) was to grab peoples attention and fool them into thinking it's a real headline.

Thats what happened here. I believed it was a legit headline. Thus, I ate the onion.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

also fuckin at it (not completely sober)

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Would sir like fries with that 🍟