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[–] VulKendov@reddthat.com 54 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Not gonna lie, this was a tasty onion.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Are there any memes from the movie The Menu? That might be decent too

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago
[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 39 points 7 months ago (1 children)

At press time, sources reported Cohen had reluctantly agreed to hire someone to threaten his own family in order to ensure his cooperation.

The Onion is just on fire lately. They’re figuring out how to do satire again in the worst timeline.

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Onion is just on fire lately. They’re figuring out how to do satire again in the worst timeline.

It's actually because The Onion was sold to Jeff Lawson (founder of Twilio) at the end of April. He appointed Ben Collins, formerly a senior reporter at NBC News covering “disinformation, extremism and the internet” as the CEO. Here's what he had to say:

“My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO. We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and shar[ing] the wealth with staff. Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.”

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Like a single piece of perfect popcorn hand delivered by an angel

[–] CharlesReed@kbin.social 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How bad is it that I was absolutely going to believe this until I saw the source.

[–] muse@kbin.social 13 points 7 months ago

"The Onion: tragically plausible since 2016"

[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

At press time, sources reported Cohen had reluctantly agreed to hire someone to threaten his own family in order to ensure his cooperation.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

It says a lot about the state of things that my first reaction was a complete lack of surprise.

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A Scanner Darkly, book and movie, really good.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Reading the dedication at the end gave me goosebumps.