Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

Post by saagarjha » Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 4:31 AM UTC

djaykay wrote: post #125

snowwrestler wrote: post #116

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Exactly! Comedians aren’t funny when they have opinions. They’re only funny when they tell jokes that are carefully calculated not to make anyone upset about anything.

I’d say there’s a difference between expressing an opinion, and moralizing about it. One can make great comedy with the former, while the latter sucks because the comedy is completely subjugated by the message. It’s the same difference between heavy metal and Christian metal. Same instruments, same basslines, etc., except the latter is trying to push you towards belief, and thus it’s annoying.

Post by bandyaboot » Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 4:33 AM UTC

mixmastamyk wrote: post #127

lapcat wrote: post #38

I think this is good news, because G/O Media websites are the worst. I was at UW-Madison when The Onion started. We had a wealth of student newspapers at the time, along with The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald. Scott Dikkers and Todd Hanson, writers for The Onion, also wrote great comic strips for the Cardinal (Jim's Journal and Badgers and Other Animals, respectively). Some favorite Onion headlines that I reme…

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Post by jimbokun » Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 4:52 AM UTC

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SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #74

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I don’t think any of the articles that grandparent linked are really the most exemplary Onion articles. The onion is really at its best when it manages to nail it exactly right. Sometimes they are just so perfectly in touch with cultural zeitgeist it’s uncanny. Here are two of the most memorable ones in recent memory: https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-na... https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-s…

Okay, I chuckled at the Ted Kaczynski signature, aka The Unabomber. I assumed all the other "board member signatures" were similarly infamous bad guys but I can't figure out what they all are and when I search on Steve Hannah, he apparently actually was the CEO of The Onion at one time. I agree with some of their points about it being a conflict going back hundreds of years. I personally think it's inevitable that wa…

Post by jansan » Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 4:54 AM UTC

lapcat wrote: post #38

I think this is good news, because G/O Media websites are the worst. I was at UW-Madison when The Onion started. We had a wealth of student newspapers at the time, along with The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald. Scott Dikkers and Todd Hanson, writers for The Onion, also wrote great comic strips for the Cardinal (Jim's Journal and Badgers and Other Animals, respectively). Some favorite Onion headlines that I reme…

Post by Teever » Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 4:57 AM UTC

GeekyBear wrote: post #129

lapcat wrote: post #38

I think this is good news, because G/O Media websites are the worst. I was at UW-Madison when The Onion started. We had a wealth of student newspapers at the time, along with The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald. Scott Dikkers and Todd Hanson, writers for The Onion, also wrote great comic strips for the Cardinal (Jim's Journal and Badgers and Other Animals, respectively). Some favorite Onion headlines that I reme…

Some personal favourites: Drugs win Drug War New President Feels Nation's Pain, Breasts Area Man Passionate Defender of What He Imagines Constitution to Be Awesome Toy Recalled Thanks to Three Stupid Dead Kids Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again Alzheimer's Sufferers Demand Cure For Pancakes