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[–] [email protected] 18 points 21 hours ago

This was how I was first introduced to the Onion in '95

[–] [email protected] 48 points 23 hours ago

How much could a newspaper cost, $10?

Oh…

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there a way to gift a subscription/membership to someone? I can just enter their address for the delivery, but there're lots of other membership benefits they wouldn't get because they'd be on "my" account 🤔

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

they mailed it to me under the name JoYo so they don't need the name to be accurate.

I think I donated under PayPal.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

$10.99

That's 10.55 EUR. Is that normal for a newspaper?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 21 hours ago

Omg Tim Onion I love it

[–] [email protected] 26 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You better fucking subscribe to The Onion

I love everything about this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago

Lifestyle

😆

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

$100/year is still pretty steep for me.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Joking aside, totally understandable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, I want to support them just for that.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

They should make an online version too.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

同志们,

COMRADES,

YOU WILL LOVE CHAIRMAN XI AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY!

GLORY TO CCP!

LONG LIVE CHAIRMAN XI!

万岁 万岁 万万岁!

/s

[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

You know, I really do feel like as a whole China is becoming more advanced than the U.S. if not already have. And I will fully acknowledge the U.S. backsliding into regressive imperialism. But the booty lickers that are internet tankies have absolutely turned into the most obnoxious know it all suckers for stuff that can be easily overcome with real world experience. And I still carry a strong suspicion that all of their parroted talking points are being spoon fed by some insidious bot farm.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

China can be great, but can be terrible. Rural Hukou? (Household Registration) You're already already fucked from the start. ADHD or neurodivergency, well you get treated like shit. Need emergency care, well you're fucked. Oh its not like US fucked with bankrupcy, you literally do not get treated unless you pre-pay or show proof of insurance (which most people do not have at least when I left), its a common tv trope a poor person cannot pay for emergency surgery and have a rich relative to pay for it. Gaokao (Chinese National Examination) is like 10x harder than SAT or ACT. There's just too many people to compete for jobs.

That's not to say the US is great, you just get a slightly better roll of dice in the US. Currently, you are better off in the US than China, even as someone with Chinese ancestry. The freedom and opportunities often outweigh the racism. Just stay away from red states lol.

But the future might change.

Perhaps, one day the racism in the US could outweigh the dictatorship and censorsbip of China.

Time will tell.

As for white or even black people, the USA is definitely better. China just isn't like the USA, its homogenous, not meant for foreigners. Well, unless you get a so-called "white monkey job" which is a pejorative term for white people who are perceived to be hired simply for their looks, and pretend to be a foreign "expert".

Edit: Mixed up perogative and perjorative

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

Human rights are definitely where they suffer the most I'm sure. The enormous disparity between city and rural quality of life too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

What’s your ML username?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

No ml account, why?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Will he approve cool dog? I am seeking approval for the cool dog

I have heard from a source on the inside that the cool dog is actually also the woke dog (complimentary, as on negationderogatory) as well wowee

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

hexbear user try not to use stupid reaction images in every single fucking post challenge
(physically impossible)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago)

:(

Idk what tone you meant for that exactly but, asking genuinely, why do you dislike them? I just use cuz they're fun imo and sometimes help clarify meaning of sentences. I do try to be cognizant of where I am on our federated network and avoid using the ones that represent some kind of Hexbear inside joke lol, like those ones don't. I know I'm not alone in using them for those reasons cuz even Reddit supports inline reaction images these days lol. Besides all the social platforms supporting them (mainly cuz people like to use them imo), even Unicode's emoji partly consist of a bunch of assignments for common reaction images lol (although, 🤓, cuz they do have to work in a global context they are usually much more strictly semantically defined and unspecific)

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Damn it, blood snow AGAIN? Happens every time I make plans ugh

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

It's snowing men, Hallelujah!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

That weather is wild now days.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

astronaut-2 astronaut-1 Always has been.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

... I'm gonna sign up for this!

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I need to sign up for in home delivery again. Thanks for the reminder.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 22 hours ago

I absolutely love getting a physical copy.

My kids don't get the joy I have.