Have been giggling over this for a good five minutes now:
http://theonion.tumblr.com/post/161320306119/maybe-shell-be-attractive-later-say-citizens
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 1 June 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
What is wrong with the left that they think these sorts of things are funny? https://t.co/sAxON5xxmh— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) June 1, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
U.S. Flag Recalled After Causing 143 Million Deaths https://t.co/sGdpBBF7WI pic.twitter.com/YzdPH8Ioin— The Onion (@TheOnion) July 4, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link
i have to say, it's pretty amazing that a humor institution like this has kept up a fair level of quality for so long. SNL has kind of always been crap but it's especially bad now, Simpsons are obviously awful now, etc. it's not quite as acerbic as it used to be but still
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
i think their peak was when they really devoted themselves to the videos a few years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wHMaJ6AtNs
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
Sometimes I think of an old Onion headline and google it to remind myself and they're pushing 20 years old at this point.
― joygoat, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
i dunno maybe i'm getting out of touch, i remember national lampoon seeming pretty dated when i had some of their stuff as a kid
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
one of my favorite ever headlines, and possibly my first encounter with the onion, is "local lutheran minister loves to fuck his wife" and that'll be 20yrs old in november and it's still funny to me
― gbx, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:52 (seven years ago) link
they're over 20 for sure! I just looked up the earliest I remember my brother bringing home from college - "Christ Returns to NBA" and it's 1996. hard to believe that photoshop lolz are older than college students now.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:58 (seven years ago) link
you've all seen this right
http://www.theonion.com/trumpdocuments
bannon and carson pages have just about ended me. daily briefings too
― imago, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 22:26 (seven years ago) link
Ugh, AVClub assimilation into Kinja is a mess.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 August 2017 12:07 (seven years ago) link
otm rip an era
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 24 August 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
Feel like I could probably autogenerate an AV Club comment section for an article by now, tbh.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 25 August 2017 07:00 (seven years ago) link
Day three and it's still a travesty.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 August 2017 13:54 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/M5qDkQRl.png
lol i was reading an article on a new movie and realized the main text was taking up less than 1/4th the available screen space
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
that's some good-ass kinja
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/shooting-isnt-about-gun-control-we-refuse-pass-its-57095
― DJI, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 04:29 (six years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/article/white-house-not-geologic-era-debate-gun-control-57108
― the general theme of STUFF (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
WHY MIGRATE THE ARCHIVES TO KINJA WHY WHY WHY
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
I was reading a thing about how PG Wodehouse is funnier in some fonts than others, and that would seem to hold for CMSs too
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
this struck a real nerve, look at these numbers:
Popular New Amazon Service Just Comes To Your House And Kills You https://t.co/PkJ10jGkMM pic.twitter.com/QRZNd4I4f4— The Onion (@TheOnion) October 27, 2017
― goole, Monday, 20 November 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
Senator Anita Hawkins is good but Reductress is the best of the satire sites:
http://reductress.com/post/here-are-some-pictures-of-big-dogs-meeting-little-dogs-since-you-cant-afford-therapy/http://reductress.com/post/how-to-microdose-so-youre-always-a-little-bit-fucking-weird-to-people/http://reductress.com/post/white-women-thank-themselves-for-thanking-black-women-today/
― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqR9IOrVFPU
The Onion Reviews "Film Standard with Peter K. Rosenthal" youtube series is killing me rn. he has the gravitas to pull it all off without seeming too goofy. it is a nice balance of pretentious and silly. imo this stuff is up there w Sean O'Neal news posts.
his Batman V Superman review has him directly comparing Batman and Superman fighting to his parents' divorce and him wishing they would stay together and going through this silly/serious self analysis that closely mimics the childish Freudian subtext of the film. in another one he reviews Rogue One and most of that review is him talking about a horrible Star Wars puzzle that he is completely baffled by.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 30 December 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
omg his Captain America: Civil War review is him wanting all the secondary characters and extras in the film to have origin story films and tv series and zooming in on random people in the background and asking about them lol
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 30 December 2017 21:34 (six years ago) link
lol wow yeah that one is amazing consumerist satire. he spends the entire review saying "How can we make sense of any of this? There are only 12 origin story films! The viewer needs more context. Who is this SWAT soldier that Captain America drop-kicks off the roof of a car? Where is his origin story?"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 30 December 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm5OimXqoXw
love the Die Hard review, where he mourns the office Christmas party that was meticulously planned and never happened
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 30 December 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
http://thehardtimes.net/news/breaking-lana-del-rey-ordered-pay-want-radiohead-lawsuit/
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:00 (six years ago) link
https://politics.theonion.com/fbi-warns-republican-memo-could-undermine-faith-in-mass-1822639681
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 February 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
The Peter K. Rosenthal review of Fifty Shades Freed has some things to say about the relationship between reviewer and audience
https://youtu.be/N8OMMMsONf4
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 18 February 2018 15:00 (six years ago) link
that's one of the better late Lynch riffs I've seen
― Simon H., Sunday, 18 February 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
Lucky Bastard Gets To Be In Coma
― Simon H., Sunday, 18 February 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
Ugh reminds me uncomfortably of the uncomfortably fond lack of memory I have about being under general anesthesia.
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Sunday, 18 February 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
general anastasia
― mh, Sunday, 18 February 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
It's Official: Onion Inc.’s Groveling, Ungrateful Staffers Unionize pic.twitter.com/XVYFYbcU19— Onion Inc Union (@OnionIncUnion) April 20, 2018
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 April 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
God bless the goddamn Union
― bhad bhabie...you gon' hurt your bhack (voodoo chili), Friday, 20 April 2018 22:59 (six years ago) link
there is strength in an onion
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Saturday, 21 April 2018 00:17 (six years ago) link
It doesn't get any better than the title (so the URL's enough), but it's a great title.
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 April 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-new-jack-white-album-1825391171
They've been doing some absolutely brutal stuff lately
https://www.theonion.com/idf-soldier-recounts-harrowing-heroic-war-story-of-kil-1826048745
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 08:18 (six years ago) link
https://politics.theonion.com/trump-fascinated-by-israeli-cultural-tradition-of-mass-1826014445
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 08:21 (six years ago) link
Sources confirmed Netanyahu concluded the solemn ceremony with a 21-gun salute fired directly into a group of Palestinian protesters.
https://www.theonion.com/netanyahu-announces-day-of-mourning-for-fence-damaged-i-1826046925
― Neil S, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 08:32 (six years ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/coffee-cultivation-merely-extends-the-system-of-coloni-1826427318
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/try-this-filling-superfood-smoothie-to-power-you-throug-1826259036
― louise ck (milo z), Thursday, 31 May 2018 00:24 (six years ago) link
https://www.theonion.com/immigrant-child-still-hoping-to-achieve-american-dream-1826839711?rev=1529004587757&utm_campaign=SF&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_content=Main
― nickn, Friday, 15 June 2018 02:54 (six years ago) link
"Everyone in pride parade straight"https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--N7licUa4--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/ksbxzmd1di9mftehkcuy.jpg
― valorous wokelord (silby), Monday, 25 June 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
still exhausting: the cycle of a media site getting acquired/starts a hiring spree, inevitably meaning a two-year countdown until people lose their jobs
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-onion-clickhole-av-club-brace-for-layoffs
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Saturday, 7 July 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
Peter Strzok Summoned Before Congress Again For Texts Calling Trey Gowdy ‘A Pissy Little Shithead’
There are dozens more messages just like this, calling our distinguished colleague a ‘pointless fuckwad’ and a ‘moronic scumbag’ that I would like submitted for the record.”
― Roomba with an attitude (Sanpaku), Friday, 13 July 2018 07:36 (six years ago) link
Have we talked about how Morrissey and Onion film critic Peter Rosenthal are slowly becoming the same person?
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 21 July 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
The Rosenthal videos are fantastic
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Saturday, 21 July 2018 02:24 (six years ago) link
yes thy are so classic.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 21 July 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link