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.
I have a purely empirical question. If this is NOT The Onion, then what is it? Is it everything except for The Onion, or is it an Onion-adjacent community. Will I be banned for posting onions and onion related media. By extension is Shrek allowed, as he is like an onion, which in term has layers, which in term is like an ogre, but also like a person. So is it kind of like The Onion, or nothing like The Onion? You say not to post politics, but all news is political. So I’m not really sure what I’m looking at. And I’m not sure how to engage. And if this is a place for true stories that sound fake, do they have to be sourced, or can they be personal stories. I just need some clarification, that’s all. Thanks in advance.
Uh, re-read the post. Political news stories aren’t banned here, they just have to have headlines that read like they’re from The Onion. Lots of political posts here haven’t been Onion-like at all. That’s what’s against the rules.
yesyes, pls make this not only bout politics…
its funi when its funi - but we dun need to highlight…,… every instance of mediocre funi bythe orange man…
anyway, to all the peeps postin here in general: keep it up! the posts r great! <3
Geez you’re not kidding. All the recent posts are politics with regular sounding headlines. I’m gonna start downvoting headlines that don’t fit.
@kescusay@lemmy.world don’t you go giving me a safe place to catch my breath as the US falls apart! (Kidding, if that wasn’t apparent.)
My removed by a mod post was political and I missed this pinned post. That’s on me and I apologize.
The Onion would definitely have thought up a more…imaginative name!
I deleted the post as well. Again, sorry for the slip.
-oleo
