God bless the goddamn Onion

http://www.theonion.com/video/cashstrapped-pbs-releases-nova-special-on-physics,20508/

http://i.imgur.com/p4CFW.png

The online reaction to that has been kind of funny. I've noticed that some right-wing folks recognize that it's satire but think it's satirizing Planned Parenthood -- as in, "See, even The Onion thinks Planned Parenthood has gone too far!" Which doesn't really make sense rhetorically, but I can sort of understand how a pro-lifer might accidentally work it out that way.

Or they think that it makes fun of both sides equally, like this guy:

While I think the partial goal is to poke fun at how prolifers supposedly view Planned Parenthood, there's also a good deal that hits abortion clinics like the floor plan where a day care center promises that young children can play "while their unborn siblings are being terminated elsewhere in the facility"

Like, how is that not ALSO poking fun at how pro-lifers view Planned Parenthood?

http://literallyunbelievable.tumblr.com/

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llkditPaSk1qkt6yoo1_500.jpg

wau

never work in its satan life and this is why america is being destroyed.

ahahaha <3 u, internet

lady's profile pic is very
http://i.imgur.com/Ro7aY.jpg

we shouldn't bother masking these idiot's names.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001948873802

Favorite Teams: Dallas Cowboys
and yeah that is some amazing trollface likealook

Holy shit her face is identical!

"We have libertine and degeneratrd the USA."

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.

The story of my life

I like the chord progression a tiny bit. Am I doomed? Snare drum is the most hilarious detail.

Well it couldn't be simpler so I think that makes it alright.

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

Oh wait it kinda is obliquely NEVER MIND

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/

The Onion OTM.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-massive-wildfires-geopolitical-crises-aids,20830/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoeCV8QBax0

forbeck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9nG5D3iFb8

afashb

Al-Qaeda Claims U.S. Mass Transportation Infrastructure Must Drastically Improve Before Any Terrorist Attacks

i loved this: http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/manager-pitcher-go-through-entire-bottle-of-wine-d,20983/

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/

lol

Scientists Trace Heat Wave To Massive Star At Center Of Solar System

fuck is this fucking paywall bullshit my life is ruined /canadian

incognito mode

whoa. thx dude

http://www.theonion.com/articles/visa-exposed-as-massive-credit-card-scam,21136/

<3 this oldie

http://www.theonion.com/articles/just-wait-til-i-get-these-fucking-rubber-bands-off,10678/

So you have to PAY MONEY to read the Onion now. Golden age of the net is over.

five posts up

what are you people talking about - everything loads as usual for me

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

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

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...

"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

I just clicked on 8 or 9 pages on onion.com in a row and it hasnt done that to me.

it happened to me

it's already been mentioned upthread, but opening onion pages in incognito mode will get you around the "cough up or fuck off" screen

how might one do that?

put on trilby, dark glasses, turn up coat collar

it's a browser option. Start Private Browsing in firefox.

(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)