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I think this is good news, because G/O Media websites are the worst. I was at UW-Madison when The Onion started. We had a wealth of student newspapers at the t
by lapcat 3y ago
I think this is good news, because G/O Media websites are the worst.
I was at UW-Madison when The Onion started. We had a wealth of student newspapers at the time, along with The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald. Scott Dikkers and Todd Hanson, writers for The Onion, also wrote great comic strips for the Cardinal (Jim's Journal and Badgers and Other Animals, respectively).
Some favorite Onion headlines that I remember:
https://www.theonion.com/stretch-of-highway-learns-it-was-adopted-1819586381 https://www.theonion.com/stretch-of-highway-learns-it-was-ad...
https://www.theonion.com/sudanese-14-year-old-has-midlife-crisis-1819564806 https://www.theonion.com/sudanese-14-year-old-has-midlife-cr...
https://www.theonion.com/christ-returns-to-nba-1819563859 https://www.theonion.com/christ-returns-to-nba-1819563859
And I can't find a link for it, but "Special Olympics T-Ball Stand Pitches Perfect Game".
Incidentally, Jeremy Scahill of The Intercept was also writing for the student newspapers way back in the day, though he was obviously doing political stuff and not comedy.
- beastman82 3y agoMy favorite was "Klemke wins!" the day after Obama was elected. https://www.theonion.com/klemke-wins-1819570336 https://www.theonion.com/klemke-wins-1819570336
- defrost 3y agoIt would have been a vastly different story if only Cosgrove kept her mouth shut about access to the new all-weather Sedgwick County Park municipal pool. Pool politics have torn America apart. Here in Australia we have to make do with The Shovel https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/24/rest-of-world-offers-trump-hush-money-whiney-voice/ https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/24/rest-of-world-offers-tru...
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- simonh 3y agoBritish conservative, I think it’s hilarious if sweary, but that’s just Australians. Outside the US conservatism and Trump support are, shall we say, loosely coupled. More British conservatives would prefer a Biden victory to a Trump one (40% to 31%).
- defrost 3y agoIt would seem not. I did a quick household poll and, sadly, not one found your comment funny regardless of political affiliation, gender, or species :/ Even the dog yawned.
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y agoAnother great God (sort of) returns: https://www.theonion.com/god-finally-gives-shout-out-back-to-all-his-niggaz-1819566159 https://www.theonion.com/god-finally-gives-shout-out-back-to... And a brutal Special Olympics article: https://www.theonion.com/independent-investigation-special-olympics-fixed-1819563925 https://www.theonion.com/independent-investigation-special-o...
- parpfish 3y agoAnd don’t forget that Dan savage worked at 4 star video at the time
- mixmastamyk 3y agoClinton Deploys Vowels to Bosnia https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/clinton-deploys-vowels.html https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/clinton-deploys-v... Cities of Sjlbvdnzv, Grzny to Be First Recipients
- bandyaboot 3y agoThis is my personal favorite.
- GeekyBear 3y agoSome personal favourites: Drugs win Drug War New President Feels Nation's Pain, Breasts Area Man Passionate Defender of What He Imagines Constitution to Be Awesome Toy Recalled Thanks to Three Stupid Dead Kids Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again Alzheimer's Sufferers Demand Cure For Pancakes
- aklemm 3y ago“Ringo Next” after George Harrison died.
- Teever 3y agoMy personal favourite was when The Onion chose 'The Man' as their 1997 man of the year. https://www.theonion.com/the-onions-1997-man-of-the-year-1819564556 https://www.theonion.com/the-onions-1997-man-of-the-year-181...
- jasonkester 3y agoSammy Hagar discovers second way to rock
- IanCal 3y agoOn this style, I've loved Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People - https://www.theonion.com/archaeological-dig-uncovers-ancient-race-of-skeleton-pe-1819565415 https://www.theonion.com/archaeological-dig-uncovers-ancient... Study: Dolphins Not So Intelligent On Land - https://www.theonion.com/study-dolphins-not-so-intelligent-on-land-1819568299 https://www.theonion.com/study-dolphins-not-so-intelligent-o...
- optimalsolver 3y agoArea Man Always Nostalgic For Four Years Ago https://www.theonion.com/area-man-always-nostalgic-for-four-years-ago-1819566584 https://www.theonion.com/area-man-always-nostalgic-for-four-...
- nindalf 3y agoNow and then some of their articles have a little too much truth to them. Go easy on us Onion folks!
- wnevets 3y agoCan't me mention the T-ball one without also quoting > Little League Pitcher Just Getting Fucking Shelled
- trimbo 3y ago"Secondhand smoke linked to secondhand coolness" "Schaumburg Man Dimly Aware Of Shadowy, Non-Schaumburg World Out There" "Clinton Injected With Highly Unstable Experimental Growth Serum" "Beer! It kicks ass!" Lastly, the 9/11 issue is one of their greatest achievements. They struck the perfect balance/tone, avoiding "too soon": https://www.theonion.com/issue-37-34-the-september-11th-issue-1828969352 https://www.theonion.com/issue-37-34-the-september-11th-issu...
- sharkweek 3y ago“CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years” https://www.theonion.com/cia-realizes-its-been-using-black-highlighters-all-thes-1819568147 https://www.theonion.com/cia-realizes-its-been-using-black-h... They also had one that they didn’t run making a joke right after 9/11 to the effect of… “America Stronger Than Ever, Say Quadragon Officials." Also the routine “No Way To Prevent This” headline after every mass shooting only continues to gain potency.
- jazzyjackson 3y ago"After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016" https://www.theonion.com/after-obama-victory-shrieking-white-hot-sphere-of-pure-1819595330 https://www.theonion.com/after-obama-victory-shrieking-white...
- bozhark 3y agoStrange, he won
- jasonkester 3y agoThat’s not the 9/11 issue though. (Check the date). And strangely, I can’t seem to find a link to the issue that they published that morning. Which is a shame, because it was the perfect counterpoint to what everybody else was reporting. Just a full page photo of the plane hitting the tower and a giant headline: “HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!”
- KingOfCoders 3y agoMy favorite "More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas" https://www.theonion.com/more-american-workers-outsourcing-own-jobs-overseas-1819594812 https://www.theonion.com/more-american-workers-outsourcing-o...
- benzible 3y agoI was there too and I remember thinking that lots of universities must have humor newspapers as funny as The Onion. Nope! BTW Dan Vebber also wrote a strip for the Daily Cardinal and wrote for The Onion. He went on to write for Buffy and a lot of other shows, currently exec. producer of The Simpsons. He’s also the genius behind The Two Felipes https://www.mkepunk.com/releases/the-two-felipes-eat-your-fill/ https://www.mkepunk.com/releases/the-two-felipes-eat-your-fi...
- jansan 3y agoIMO with the 9-11 special edition The Onion reached its peak. https://www.theonion.com/issue-37-34-the-september-11th-issue-1828969352 https://www.theonion.com/issue-37-34-the-september-11th-issu...
- labrador 3y agoWhen I was a young man I felt personally called out so much that I changed up the way I did things: "I'll Try Anything With A Detached Air Of Superiority" https://www.theonion.com/ill-try-anything-with-a-detached-air-of-superiority-1819583947 https://www.theonion.com/ill-try-anything-with-a-detached-ai...
- davelondon 3y ago"Startling Report Finds Evidence Democrats May Have Attempted To Influence 2016 Election"
- Dwedit 3y agoRight now, Kinja is hosting all the content for The Onion, so it would take a lot of data migration to get all the content onto a different web host.
- Gregordinary 3y ago"Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race of Skeleton People" https://www.theonion.com/archaeological-dig-uncovers-ancient-race-of-skeleton-pe-1819565415 https://www.theonion.com/archaeological-dig-uncovers-ancient... "Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Fillm as Fun, Watchable" https://www.theonion.com/trekkies-bash-new-star-trek-film-as-fun-watchable-1819594814 https://www.theonion.com/trekkies-bash-new-star-trek-film-as... "Jurisprudence Fetishist Gets off on Technicality" https://www.theonion.com/jurisprudence-fetishist-gets-off-on-technicality-1819586446 https://www.theonion.com/jurisprudence-fetishist-gets-off-on...
- saboot 3y ago"Osama Bin Laden Found Inside Each Of Us" https://www.theonion.com/osama-bin-laden-found-inside-each-of-us-1819567259 https://www.theonion.com/osama-bin-laden-found-inside-each-o...
- adamsb6 3y agoThey deleted it, was here: https://www.theonion.com/articles/special-olympics-tball-stand-pitches-perfect-game,25150 https://www.theonion.com/articles/special-olympics-tball-sta...