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dontupvoteme | 1 year ago

They were great when they weren't shackled

'Little Boy Heroically Shoots, Mutilates Burglar'

'Black Man given Nation's worst job' (After Obama won)

I've never laughed so hard at headlines

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pants2|1 year ago

And who can forget their famous headline "Jurisprudence Fetishist Gets Off On Technicality"

hyperhello|1 year ago

Standard Deviation Not Enough for Perverted Statistician

mangosteenjuice|1 year ago

The Onion had two events that resulted in a huge drop in writing quality and edginess:

OG writers refusing to relocate from NYC to Chicago in 2012 when the HQ was moved, choosing to part ways instead.

Then, the remaining writers being called out for the following tweet, somewhat rightly, but being neutered forever after:

https://crasstalk.com/2013/02/sorry-former-onion-staffers-ca...

Nition|1 year ago

I don't know any of the context around that tweet, but The Onion has obviously chosen the most innocent, blameless celebrity they could think of to make sure it's a clear joke to everyone, right? Like finding the skinniest person and calling them obese.

The writer of that article seems to have still somehow misunderstood and come to the conclusion that The Onion actually hates Quvenzhané Wallis. I wonder if they really don't get it, or if they're just sort of performatively not getting it for the outrage article.

ddingus|1 year ago

Yes, both sad days for what was razor sharp satire.

justin66|1 year ago

It seemed to me they were well into the current era of lessened relevance before that stuff happened.

astrange|1 year ago

They also seem to think their Diamond Joe Biden character made real Joe Biden too popular, and their self-seriousness about this is making it hard for them to do anything political.

benstein|1 year ago

"Special Olympics T-Ball Stand Pitches Perfect Game" is the greatest headline ever written

unzadunza|1 year ago

My vote goes to “Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right V. Wrong’”