"We have libertine and degeneratrd the USA."
― LL Coolna (absolutely clean glasses), Friday, 27 May 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-just-going-to-grab-guitar-and-old-fourtrack-go,20682/
The extremely convincing audio clip is what really makes it.
― hated old moniker, too tired to think of a clever new one (Hurting 2), Sunday, 12 June 2011 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
The story of my life
― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Sunday, 12 June 2011 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
I like the chord progression a tiny bit. Am I doomed? Snare drum is the most hilarious detail.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
Well it couldn't be simpler so I think that makes it alright.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Sunday, 12 June 2011 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
Man Just Going To Grab Guitar And Old Four-Track, Go Out To Cabin In Woods, Make Shittiest Album Anyone's Ever Heard
is this about Bon Iver
― Concierto Para Bongo (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 12 June 2011 04:45 (twelve years ago) link
Oh wait it kinda is obliquely NEVER MIND
― Concierto Para Bongo (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 12 June 2011 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
wanted to post it in US Politics, because hey, what couldn't happen. then i realized...
http://www.theonion.com/articles/tim-pawlenty-shaves-off-every-hair-on-his-body-in,20730/
― whenever the vein was to throb (the table is the table), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
The Onion OTM.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-massive-wildfires-geopolitical-crises-aids,20830/
― StanM, Monday, 20 June 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoeCV8QBax0
― all the pretty HOOSes (gbx), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
forbeckhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9nG5D3iFb8
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
afashb
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
Al-Qaeda Claims U.S. Mass Transportation Infrastructure Must Drastically Improve Before Any Terrorist Attacks
― The Reverend, Friday, 29 July 2011 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
i loved this: http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/manager-pitcher-go-through-entire-bottle-of-wine-d,20983/
― shannon goon (symsymsym), Friday, 29 July 2011 08:02 (twelve years ago) link
I drift in and out of noticing them, but they seem to be on a roll lately.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-turns-50-despite-republican-opposition,21061/
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 5 August 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Artist TamTran (brownie), Friday, 5 August 2011 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
Scientists Trace Heat Wave To Massive Star At Center Of Solar System
― peter in montreal, Monday, 8 August 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
fuck is this fucking paywall bullshit my life is ruined /canadian
― shannon goon (symsymsym), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
incognito mode
― caek, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
whoa. thx dude
― shannon goon (symsymsym), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/articles/visa-exposed-as-massive-credit-card-scam,21136/
― StanM, Monday, 15 August 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
<3 this oldie
http://www.theonion.com/articles/just-wait-til-i-get-these-fucking-rubber-bands-off,10678/
― cloud computing, robotics, 3G wireless connectivity, Skype, (history mayne), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
So you have to PAY MONEY to read the Onion now. Golden age of the net is over.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 06:53 (twelve years ago) link
five posts up
― Ellen Allien ... in my urethra? (sic), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:18 (twelve years ago) link
what are you people talking about - everything loads as usual for me
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
there was a great one a few months ago titled 'NYTimes.com's Plan To Charge People Money For Consuming Goods, Services Called Bold Business Move' so
― creatively bankrupt newish posters whose dns are just lil b puns (history mayne), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
i think there's a us/outside of us thing at the mo, but you get a window saying you've had your fill of free news after a certain point i think. & then you can just refresh & keep reading?, idk
― (using no way as way) (schlump), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/articles/nytimescoms-plan-to-charge-people-money-for-consum,19847/
still not seen the afforementioned window, but maybe the modifyHeaders fix for getting to see the daily show from the uk works for this too...
― koogs, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:30 (twelve years ago) link
"If this fails, I'd honestly rather The New York Times not exist in a world where people are unwilling to pay the price of a fucking movie ticket for a monthly online subscription."
& then you can just refresh & keep reading?, idk
5 pages per month, then it pops up a "cough up or fuck off" screen blocking everything on the page
― Ellen Allien ... in my urethra? (sic), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
I just clicked on 8 or 9 pages on onion.com in a row and it hasnt done that to me.
― Silent Hedgehogs (Trayce), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:50 (twelve years ago) link
it happened to me
― creatively bankrupt newish posters whose dns are just lil b puns (history mayne), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:52 (twelve years ago) link
it's already been mentioned upthread, but opening onion pages in incognito mode will get you around the "cough up or fuck off" screen
― peter in montreal, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
how might one do that?
― creatively bankrupt newish posters whose dns are just lil b puns (history mayne), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
put on trilby, dark glasses, turn up coat collar
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
it's a browser option. Start Private Browsing in firefox.
― koogs, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
(it's even been advertised on the tv, at christmas as part of the windows 7 thing, a bloke using private mode to order wife's christmas presents)(also known as Porn Mode)
― koogs, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
or you can block onion cookies
― caek, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
― some jock-bully out to take down the hipsters (history mayne), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
what browser/os do you use?
― caek, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
safari
― some jock-bully out to take down the hipsters (history mayne), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think you can block cookies by site in safari
i would just stick to porn mode ("private browsing" under the safari menu)
― caek, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
thankig u
― some jock-bully out to take down the hipsters (history mayne), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
or after you've reached your 5 article limit, preferences > security and then search for "onion" and delete anything that comes up. that's a bit tedious, but it should reset the count.
― caek, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
oh great now only nerds will read the onion!
― Kerm, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:40 (twelve years ago) link
idk im OBVIOUSLY not a nerd bc i had to ask my lab partner to explain it to me
― some jock-bully out to take down the hipsters (history mayne), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:41 (twelve years ago) link
it's the same trick that works with the NYT
presumably someone will make it more user friendly with something like http://euri.ca/2011/03/get-around-new-york-times-20-article-limit/
― caek, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
this is part of a new initiative to combat massive email traffic resulting from exasperated aunts forwarding Onion articles they think are real news.
― Kerm, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
lol: http://www.theonion.com/articles/failing-us-economy-no-reason-at-all-to-stop-invest,21251/
― sktsh, Friday, 2 September 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
for the final punchlinehttp://www.theonion.com/articles/circus-train-wreck-not-funny-investigators-emphasi,21252/
― thank got forks showed up (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 September 2011 14:32 (twelve years ago) link