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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Onion used to print physical copies. I loved them so much.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That 9/11 headline holy shit forgot about that.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did they publish anything within the 9/11 week?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

On the wayback machine, for 2001-09-12, they have this:

In light of recent events, The Onion is not publishing new material this week.

The Onion will return Sept. 26, though The Onion A.V. Club is new. Features include interviews with Barbara Ehrenreich, George P. Pelecanos, and Paul Collins. Click here to enter.

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

looks at todays date

Uh-oh, what did they do THIS year???

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump pronouncing Harris wrong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

But does anyone know what her last name is?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Pleasantly one of the few examples of a buyout actually improving a company.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I think it was more that they unionized when Elon started poaching their talent, no?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

who bought them? i hope they invest in the YouTube channel again

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Twilight's Last Gleaming...

chef's kiss

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

by Pretending He Shot in Ear Again

It's sad that The Onion has had to let all their proofreaders go.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It’s headline grammar. It’s deliberate

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

That doesn't sound like headline grammar to me. You wouldn't introduce confusion about who is doing the shooting on purpose, I don't think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Do you have any other examples of it being used this way? "By Pretending Shot In Ear Again" is what I would have expected.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The ol redundant onion.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What a shit piece of paper am i... oh, it's the onion. Wait, this isn't real?