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Young Freud
Nov 26, 2006


Putting that unattributed picture of Kirk Douglas there is just not fair. :smith:

Herbert Walker Bush is near death, why not him?

Also, the little girl :smithicide:

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jojoinnit
Dec 13, 2010

Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.
I don't even bother with the sad ones. I don't read The Onion to get depressed.

DaveWoo
Aug 14, 2004

Fun Shoe
Holy gently caress, that's bleak. I mean, I know The Onion has done some dark comedy before, but Jesus.

JoltSpree
Jul 19, 2012

In other news, American Public Actually Kind of Endearing in Some Ways

Fellwenner
Oct 21, 2005
Don't make me kill you.

Sesame Street

ISSUE 48•49 | 12.09.12 | TV Listings

PBS 7 a.m. EST/6 a.m. CST Cookie Monster is killed off. more»

Robert Denby
Sep 9, 2007
Denial isn't just a river in Egypt, huh? Nah, get fucked mate.
Two great opinion pieces from yesteryear:

The Milk Is Expired When I Say It Is

pennsylvania_sports_fans.txt

EDIT: I am good at geography and reading comprehension.

Robert Denby has a new favorite as of 15:58 on Dec 13, 2012

Baron von Eevl
Jan 24, 2005

WHITE NOISE
GENERATOR

🔊😴

Steelers are Pittsburgh, dude. Wrong side of the state.

toanoradian
May 31, 2011


The happiest waffligator
My favourite Onion articles that hadn't been posted in this thread:

Bush Finds Error In Fermilab Calculations

Japan Pledges To Halt Production Of Weirdo Porn That Makes People Puke

zoux
Apr 28, 2006


This is my favorite "Bush is a genius" Onion article
Bush Regales Dinner Guests With Impromptu Oratory On Virgil's Minor Works

Maha
Dec 29, 2006
sapere aude
Holy poo poo, Sex House.

Little Blue Couch
Oct 19, 2007

WIRED FOR SOUND
AND
DOWN FOR WHATEVER

Maha posted:

Holy poo poo, Sex House.

Seriously, I just watched it all along with Lake Dredge Appraisal and Porkin' Across America and I'm now convinced that the Onion Digital writers are the funniest people alive.

William Bear
Oct 26, 2012

"That's what they all say!"
http://www.theonion.com/articles/taylor-swift-now-dating-suri-cruise,30720/

I hope they keep at it, making the gossip more ridiculous each time.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Little Blue Couch posted:

Seriously, I just watched it all along with Lake Dredge Appraisal and Porkin' Across America and I'm now convinced that the Onion Digital writers are the funniest people alive.

Those are by far the best series. Horrible Planet is ok to good, Onion Talks is meh, as was Troublehacking. Am I forgetting one?

Robert Denby
Sep 9, 2007
Denial isn't just a river in Egypt, huh? Nah, get fucked mate.

zoux posted:

Those are by far the best series. Horrible Planet is ok to good, Onion Talks is meh, as was Troublehacking. Am I forgetting one?
"Get Out Of My Face", a sports show which might be the most 'audience-friendly' of the bunch. Absolutely perfect satire of ESPN.

DaveWoo
Aug 14, 2004

Fun Shoe
'The Hobbit' To Feature 53-Minute-Long Scene Of Bilbo Baggins Trying To Figure Out What To Pack

(From what I've heard, this actually isn't all that far from the truth.)

Jerry Manderbilt
May 31, 2012

No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.
GOP: We'll Accept Higher Taxes If President Obama Gives Us His Dog

SpiderHyphenMan
Apr 1, 2010

by Fluffdaddy
Rand Paul's reaction was loving perfect.

The Candyman
Aug 19, 2010

by T. Finninho

I can't wait for the Literally Unbelievable posts

Little Blue Couch
Oct 19, 2007

WIRED FOR SOUND
AND
DOWN FOR WHATEVER

zoux posted:

Those are by far the best series. Horrible Planet is ok to good, Onion Talks is meh, as was Troublehacking. Am I forgetting one?

Nah, you pretty much got em. I like Horrifying Planet, but Onion Talks really seems like it suffers the same problem as a lot of the articles - funny ideas, drawn-out execution.

edit: Haha ok I guess this is a thing now

Little Blue Couch has a new favorite as of 13:00 on Dec 14, 2012

Zugzwang
Jan 2, 2005

You have a kind of sick desperation in your laugh.


Ramrod XTreme

SpiderHyphenMan posted:

Rand Paul's reaction was loving perfect.
So are the news ticker bits about The Hobbit.

khwarezm
Oct 26, 2010

Deal with it.

Little Blue Couch posted:

Nah, you pretty much got em. I like Horrifying Planet, but Onion Talks really seems like it suffers the same problem as a lot of the articles - funny ideas, drawn-out execution.


Two episodes of Onion Talks; What is the biggest rock? and Ducks go quack are pitch perfect, the rest are fairly forgettable. Never really warmed to Horrifying planet, its like those cracked articles that just constantly say 'drat nature you scary!' and drive the joke into the ground.

ANYWAY, enough of my dumb opionions, Rare Pornographic Movie Shot At Vatican For First Time Since 1982's 'Pope Fisters IV'.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
The soon to be Onion articles about the school shooting in CT are going to be...interesting.

Admiral Bosch
Apr 19, 2007
Who is Admiral Aken Bosch, and what is that old scoundrel up to?

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

The soon to be Onion articles about the school shooting in CT are going to be...interesting.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/hundreds-of-people-who-will-die-before-christmas-r,30707/

This came up two days ago. Seems somehow poignant.

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


Guys With Boring Jobs Really Hitting It Off A Few Rows Back On Airplane

Brother Jonathan
Jun 23, 2008

Jerusalem posted:

I kinda half hope the following becomes a regular running theme ala Diamond Joe:

Obama Paranoid Government Coming For His Guns

I was hoping that this story would come up on Literally Unbelievable eventually, and we finally hit comedy paydirt:

MD2020
May 30, 2003

she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

The soon to be Onion articles about the school shooting in CT are going to be...interesting.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/fu...eadline:default

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
^^beaten


Shimrra Jamaane posted:

The soon to be Onion articles about the school shooting in CT are going to be...interesting.



http://www.theonion.com/articles/fu...eadline:default


:smith:

DaveWoo
Aug 14, 2004

Fun Shoe
Also:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/just-illegalize-us-already-nations-assault-weapons,30744/

And:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-it-okay-to-spend-rest-of-day-curled-in-feta,30741/

:sigh:

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

I didn't get emotional until I read that article :smith:

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

http://www.theonion.com/articles/ri...eadline:default

another one :smith: :smith: :smith:

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
It reminds me of one earlier this year where they put out this article in the morning and a shooting happened the same day

Nation Celebrates Full Week Without Deadly Mass Shooting
UPDATE: Never Mind

:negative:

Here is another one about today that sums up a lot: Report: It Okay To Spend Rest Of Day Curled In Fetal Position Under Desk

AgentHaiTo
Feb 7, 2003

Well, isn't this a coincidence? So, um, how you doing? You're busy, I know and I don't want to distract you, please, don't let me interrupt you.
Fuckin Onion making me cry at work.

Brother Jonathan
Jun 23, 2008
An earlier Onion article: NRA Sets 1,000 Killed In School Shooting As Amount It Would Take For Them To Reconsider Much Of Anything

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


'Right To Live Life In Complete, Stunned Horror,' Added To Constitution

God drat Onion, god drat...

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

All the recent articles are reminding me of this: Nation Refuses To Read Headline Beyond Words '4-Year-Old Girl Forced To'

:smithicide:

toanoradian
May 31, 2011


The happiest waffligator
That's depressing as hell, but I can't help but laugh at

quote:

"Did you know a female dog in Missouri adopted a litter of piglets?" Siegel continued. "Ha, ha, ha! No little girls being forced to do anything in that story!"

The desperation is just...it's like responding to recent tragedies by laughing awkwardly.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

"Naked Woman Biting Pearls Near Curtain Likes Perfume"

Nothing else but that headline - no related article, no pictures, just the headline. It's perfect.

Robert Denby
Sep 9, 2007
Denial isn't just a river in Egypt, huh? Nah, get fucked mate.
Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' Stays Faithful To Original Book, Denny's Menu

And before anyone asks, yes, Denny's has Hobbit-themed meals right now.

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

Robert Denby posted:

Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' Stays Faithful To Original Book, Denny's Menu

And before anyone asks, yes, Denny's has Hobbit-themed meals right now.
In the interest of fairness, those little bread cubes are loving delicious.

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AnoMouse
Feb 13, 2012

Robert Denby posted:

Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' Stays Faithful To Original Book, Denny's Menu

And before anyone asks, yes, Denny's has Hobbit-themed meals right now.

As always, wonderfully cheery headlines in the video:

"Egyptian president Morsi using healing power of violence to reunite country"

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