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Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Re: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Post by IanCal »

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

On this style, I've loved

Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People - https://www.theonion.com/archaeological-dig-uncovers-ancient...

Study: Dolphins Not So Intelligent On Land - https://www.theonion.com/study-dolphins-not-so-intelligent-o...

Re: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Post by creamyhorror »

resolutebat wrote: post #99

Since we're all posting our favorites, here's a few more: Situation in Nigeria Seems Pretty Complex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyFH-a-XoQ Prague's Kafka International Named Most Alienating Airport https://youtu.be/Pwom49awRKg

The Nigeria video is a masterclass in subtle comedic scripting and acting. Old favourite.

Re: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Post by dev_by_day »

hnlmorg wrote: post #180
dev_by_day wrote: post #178

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I really get sick and tired of this ongoing pseudo-religious war between the left and the right. Can’t you express your opinion in a way that isn’t antagonistic?

Ben collins is a promoter of this left right war, he was literally suspended for being biased. That is not a good reporter, he is a beneficiary of the culture war and its disrespectful to actual factual journalism to call him anything else but a political stereographer who is out to push ideology above facts.

Re: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Post by qsdf38100 »

dev_by_day wrote: post #175
tootie wrote: post #109

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Had no idea Ben Collins had become an executive at whatever this thing is. He was an excellent reporter and a guy who really, really understands how the internet works and how communities flourish or go toxic. He reported a lot about Kiwi Farms and Cloudflare's response to public pressure. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/worst-plac...

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You just used "extreme", "left" and "leftist" 7 times in 4 sentences. Sounds a bit "extreme" and "biased" to me.

Re: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Post by defrost »

dev_by_day wrote: post #178
dev_by_day wrote: post #175

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I'm from Australia.

I grew up on a cattle station in the Nor'west.

I'm downvoting your comments for their strong foaming at the mouth unhinged vibes, and I'd do the same if they ranted in a similar manner against some other part of US culture.

I dare say you could make a comment with fewer empty buzz phrases if you tried.

Re: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Post by bigfudge »

dev_by_day wrote: post #178
dev_by_day wrote: post #175

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It’s so niche that it regularly wins the popular vote in the US despite massive voter suppression.

The only reason the god n guns lobby wins in the US is 1. the constitutional settlement which massively overweights rural voters and 2. corporate lobbying in a winner takes all system which is prepared to hold its nose and bankroll racist hicks if it means they get their corporate welfare.

You are a great nation, but very little that anyone admires about the US has come from the flyover states (and even then probably because of federal pork barrel science and defence funding for those educated elites you hate so much).

Re: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Post by b112 »

jimbokun wrote: post #156
DoreenMichele wrote: post #87

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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…

Do you realize The Onion is a satirical comedy newspaper?

Sorry what?

As a Canuck, US politics is typically indecipherable, eh! Most news makes no sense, until I found The Onion. Now you are telling me, you bunch of hosers made it all up!

Signed "Bob Jenkins, Canadian Minister of National Affairs"

"You made it all up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”, Charlton Heston, a Great Canadian

Re: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Post by orf »

dev_by_day wrote: post #183
hnlmorg wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really get sick and tired of this ongoing pseudo-religious war between the left and the right. Can’t you express your opinion in a way that isn’t antagonistic?

Ben collins is a promoter of this left right war, he was literally suspended for being biased. That is not a good reporter, he is a beneficiary of the culture war and its disrespectful to actual factual journalism to call him anything else but a political stereographer who is out to push ideology above facts.

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Re: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

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Post by Scarblac »

modeless wrote: post #73
lubujackson wrote: post #57

I'm old enough to remember when it was a physical paper you'd get for free in Harvard Square... wish I kept some of them. I particularly enjoyed the old "Point/Counterpoints" such as: https://www.theonion.com/u-s-out-of-my-uterus-vs-we-must-dep... https://www.theonion.com/americas-homeless-want-a-hand-up-no... https://www.theonion.com/my-computer-totally-hates-me-vs-god... Also, shout out to the "Oh! Mumford" comic s…

My favorite Point/Counterpoint is https://www.theonion.com/according-to-the-economist-nasa-is-... "According To The Economist, NASA Is An Industrial Subsidy In Disguise vs. Oooh, Look At Me, I Read The Economist!" I also have to give a shout out to the time they predicted the five blade razor a year before it came out: https://www.theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-bla...

As a nice crossover, the Economist predicted the number of blades to go to infinity in this beautiful graph: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2006/03/16/....
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