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Reading The Onion every Saturday morning at the diner was one of my favorite habits. Their brand of satire works so well in the context of a traditional newspap
by jaysonelliot 13y ago
Reading The Onion every Saturday morning at the diner was one of my favorite habits. Their brand of satire works so well in the context of a traditional newspaper.
Since they shut down print in New York City, I missed that a lot. I tried looking at the web site on a tablet over breakfast, but the presentation ruined it for me.
While I was an avid reader of The Onion since college in the '90s, I've moved on. The web site just isn't as funny—partially because their writing has deteriorated, partially because it's just a web site.
I guess they'll continue to show up in my Facebook feed as friends from high school forward their stories with lots of emoticons and LOLs all over them. Maybe I'll look now and then, like I'd look at something from Cracked, The Chive, The Oatmeal, or whatever. Shame to see them go out with a whimper.
- devindotcom 13y agoI think it's pretty disingenuous to compare The Onion to the Chive and the Oatmeal, with which it has almost nothing in common, and say they're "going out with a whimper." 20 years ago, newspapers were how people got their news, so the Onion imitated it. Now, people get their news via the web and cable news channels, both of which they are also imitating. They've shifted their priorities away from your preferences — that's not the same as surrendering.
- colanderman 13y agoTheir videos are great, especially their series genre parodies. Sex House and Onion Talks are my favorites. Their brand of surreal/sardonic humor translates well to television.
- fakename 13y agoSex House is the pinnacle of entertainment.
- seanalltogether 13y agoThere are a few fast-casual restaurants around Denver that I specifically go to knowing that I could read the Onion while eating a meal, it's sort of a shame to lose that. There are local papers too like Westword that I've fallen back on but the Onion was always top of the list.
- jmduke 13y agoI absolutely disagree. In recent years, I've found that The Onion has tightened up their news cycle considerably; they're addressing current events with more vigor and volume than ever without sacrificing their wit.