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...their original headlines, that...
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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Look, I get it. The gargantuan shit-show that is U.S. politics and the American descent into fascism is on everyone's minds. It's certainly on mine.

But the point of this community is to highlight weird news stories that make you go, "By golly, I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion. You know, America's finest news source." A lot of stories being posted lately don't even remotely fit that.

That doesn't mean political stories aren't allowed here, but they must have headlines that would make people pause and wonder if it's a story from The Onion. Straight up regular, non Onion-y headlines don't fit.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I have a purely empirical question. If this is NOT The Onion, then what is it? Is it everything except for The Onion, or is it an Onion-adjacent community. Will I be banned for posting onions and onion related media. By extension is Shrek allowed, as he is like an onion, which in term has layers, which in term is like an ogre, but also like a person. So is it kind of like The Onion, or nothing like The Onion? You say not to post politics, but all news is political. So I'm not really sure what I'm looking at. And I'm not sure how to engage. And if this is a place for true stories that sound fake, do they have to be sourced, or can they be personal stories. I just need some clarification, that's all. Thanks in advance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

yesyes, pls make this not only bout politics...

its funi when its funi - but we dun need to highlight..,.. every instance of mediocre funi bythe orange man...

anyway, to all the peeps postin here in general: keep it up! the posts r great! <3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

@[email protected] don't you go giving me a safe place to catch my breath as the US falls apart! (Kidding, if that wasn't apparent.)

[–] oleorun 1 points 2 weeks ago

My removed by a mod post was political and I missed this pinned post. That's on me and I apologize.

The Onion would definitely have thought up a more...imaginative name!

I deleted the post as well. Again, sorry for the slip.

-oleo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Geez you’re not kidding. All the recent posts are politics with regular sounding headlines. I’m gonna start downvoting headlines that don’t fit.