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Reminder: In addition to not being The Onion, this isn't a politics community (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Look, I get it. The gargantuan shit-show that is U.S. politics and the American descent into fascism is on everyone's minds. It's certainly on mine.

But the point of this community is to highlight weird news stories that make you go, "By golly, I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion. You know, America's finest news source." A lot of stories being posted lately don't even remotely fit that.

That doesn't mean political stories aren't allowed here, but they must have headlines that would make people pause and wonder if it's a story from The Onion. Straight up regular, non Onion-y headlines don't fit.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

You should read the community info on the sidebar. In short, this is a humorous community that shares real news stories that seem like they could be from The Onion.

So posts should be actual links to news reports with their original headlines, but only news stories that are weird enough that they read like headlines from The Onion are appropriate.

The name "Not The Onion" is a joke, because the news stories here are supposed to be real but make you think you're reading satire.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That doesn't fully answer my question, but thanks anyway. I won't bother you with silly queries anymore. As I can now clearly see, this is serious business. Thank you once again, and may God have mercy on our souls.

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