this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2026
188 points (98.5% liked)

Not The Onion

21817 readers
583 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.”

Please also avoid duplicates.

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

And that’s basically it!

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
top 11 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 6 days ago

Bring them to data centers instead!

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 19 points 6 days ago

Well stop making explosive so recyclable then, fuck

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Something tells me the people that drop these off aren't entirely sure what they've got, just 'random metal object I don't need/want'.

I doubt people think a recycling center should have/know what to do with explosives...

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

All right then, in which bin should I put that unexploded Luftwaffe 500-pounder, then?

Very near my house, a few years ago, someone uncovered one of those in a brownfield site that was being redeveloped, leading to some specialists evacuating the neighbourhood and doing a controlled demolition that rattled my windows and could be heard a couple of miles away.

The odd mortar round in Newton Scabbott is small potatoes compared to that.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 8 points 6 days ago

Write "return to sender" on it and drop it off at your local post office.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago
[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

They're actually kind of shit. It's one of those generic "local news" site with very little local content that's worth reading.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I assume they're talking about aerosol spray cans?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In this case, it was the business end of an artillery shell.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Stop throwing away 90% of the recyclables!

Also, stop blaming your customers for the waste in the first place!