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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 🍟

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

People who thought this was real - don't feel bad, it's a reference to Florida's REAL "Don't Say Gay" law, enacted in 2023, that bans the word from public schools.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

yeah... we're cooked.
signed, a trans Floridian in highschool

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's not as common now but I've met somebody who's first name is Gay.

Who's that guy over there? Well that's Homosexual Smith; the heterosexual.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

"The plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was the Enola Homosexual"

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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

Oof, they got me on that one.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thought it was real. Can't blame me though.

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it’s sadly believable. Ron is that much of a culture war stoking prick.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Flinstones theme safe?

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Absolutely NOT. Fred Flintstone drove a zero-emissions vehicle, which is yabba-dabba-WOKE!

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Technically, the power source for his vehicle does have an exhaust port that occasionally puts out methane gas.

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[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

That was addressed at the end of the article.

At press time, Governor DeSantis banned reruns of “The Flintstones” after learning the family was having a “gay old time” in every episode.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This onion tastes particularly oniony.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I had a nice bite myself.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Doh! I got caught out again.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, wait, that's The Onion.

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

the hard times, but yeah, I almost bought it too.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol I didn't notice this was the Onion at first and genuinely thought this was real.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Yep. I bit it hard. Honestly, I'm mote surprised it isn't real at this point. It's totally something he'd do.

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Gay People Respond by Signing Bill to Remove Ron DeSantis

[–] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago

He signed the bill because every time he hears the word 'gay', he thinks about shoving some D in his mouth. nom nom nom slurp slurp

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

Yes, they should replace them with the word 'homosexual' to be more modern 😉

[–] Fritzer@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, I didn't read the Community title and thought it was real. Because I trust him to do something like this. Or at least try it.

[–] Ghost33313@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

I was about to find the gayest apparel I could in reaction.

[–] anonimowy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Why are you giving him ideas?

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Conservatives, you have fucked up, because I didn't even get surprised by this, it really just seemed like something you guys would do these days.

[–] MaxTheMummer@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

"Don we now, our happy apparial!"

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bro it was right there.

“Don we now, our hay apparel!”

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

"Dom me now, on a homosexual barrel!"

[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

What's even the point of celebrating if the yuletide isn't gay

[–] clickyello@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

yup I bit it

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

How many Christmas songs are there that contain the word "gay"? I can't think of any?

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Now we don our gay apparel, la la la la la

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Make the yueltide gay

[–] authorinthedark 3 points 1 month ago

deck the halls

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The Flintstones have entered the chat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOULqadsJO8&t=16s edit: non-potato version

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

After the congresswoman actually turned out to be in memory care I don't believe anything anymore. Not even my own name.

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