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[–] Lost_My_Mind 126 points 1 day ago (6 children)
[–] somtwo 58 points 1 day ago

It's not fair, it sounds so plausible!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Fuck, yeah it got me too

(in fairness i'm tipsy rn)

[–] InternetCitizen2 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think this site also had a really funny article about an alpha male that touched a tampon and ended up in an ER.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

damn, good thing I'm a woman. sending my condolences to the victim and his family

[–] InternetCitizen2 4 points 1 day ago

Bro had UHC too

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

100% something they'd do, which makes it even easier to swallow the onion

[–] buddascrayon 9 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it is fucking sad to say that I had to double check and make sure this wasn't a not-the-onion story.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Honest question. At what point do people proclaim this? Did you read the article or did you internally respond before checking the source?

[–] Lost_My_Mind 9 points 1 day ago

No. You read the headline, and react. Just the same as any other article. Then you see the community posted, laugh, and reply "ate the onion".

See in the 90s, the whole point of the onion (the actual original paper distributed onion newsletter) was to grab peoples attention and fool them into thinking it's a real headline.

Thats what happened here. I believed it was a legit headline. Thus, I ate the onion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

also fuckin at it (not completely sober)

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

Would sir like fries with that 🍟