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[–] BigBenis 7 points 3 hours ago

Lol I didn't notice this was the Onion at first and genuinely thought this was real.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, wait, that's The Onion.

[–] pyre 4 points 4 hours ago

the hard times, but yeah, I almost bought it too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

Yes, they should replace them with the word 'homosexual' to be more modern 😉

[–] Tylerdurdon 43 points 21 hours ago

Oof, they got me on that one.

[–] LovableSidekick 42 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

People who thought this was real - don't feel bad, it's a reference to Florida's REAL "Don't Say Gay" law, enacted in 2023, that bans the word from public schools.

[–] brlemworld 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

It's not as common now but I've met somebody who's first name is Gay.

Who's that guy over there? Well that's Homosexual Smith; the heterosexual.

[–] pyre 1 points 4 hours ago

huge fan of the practice TV series, one of the starring roles was LisaGay Hamilton. used to be credited as Lisa Gay Hamilton but I don't know if she changed it, is stylizing it or if it was inconsistent crediting as is usually the case but currently it's LisaGay single word in most resources.

[–] LovableSidekick 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I knew a woman whose first name was Gay but she always went by her middle name.

Actually Homosexual Smith sounds like a famous frontiersman or maybe an Old West preacher.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago

yeah... we're cooked.
signed, a trans Floridian in highschool

[–] Lost_My_Mind 122 points 1 day ago (6 children)
[–] somtwo 56 points 1 day ago

It's not fair, it sounds so plausible!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Fuck, yeah it got me too

(in fairness i'm tipsy rn)

[–] InternetCitizen2 16 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 22 hours 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 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours 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 7 points 21 hours 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] 1 points 22 hours ago

Would sir like fries with that 🍟

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

also fuckin at it (not completely sober)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

The Flinstones theme safe?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely NOT. Fred Flintstone drove a zero-emissions vehicle, which is yabba-dabba-WOKE!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

Technically, the power source for his vehicle does have an exhaust port that occasionally puts out methane gas.

[–] BassTurd 18 points 22 hours ago

That was addressed at the end of the article.

At press time, Governor DeSantis banned reruns of “The Flintstones” after learning the family was having a “gay old time” in every episode.

[–] just_another_person 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thought it was real. Can't blame me though.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it’s sadly believable. Ron is that much of a culture war stoking prick.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

This onion tastes particularly oniony.

[–] BeMoreCareful 5 points 22 hours ago

I had a nice bite myself.

[–] davidagain 3 points 22 hours ago

Doh! I got caught out again.

[–] anonimowy 6 points 18 hours ago

Why are you giving him ideas?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

"Don we now, our happy apparial!"

[–] brlemworld 2 points 8 hours ago

"Dom me now, on a homosexual barrel!"

[–] theangryseal 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Bro it was right there.

“Don we now, our hay apparel!”

[–] Squorlple 14 points 1 day ago

Gay People Respond by Signing Bill to Remove Ron DeSantis

[–] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago

He signed the bill because every time he hears the word 'gay', he thinks about shoving some D in his mouth. nom nom nom slurp slurp

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 1 points 17 hours ago

After the congresswoman actually turned out to be in memory care I don't believe anything anymore. Not even my own name.

[–] LovableSidekick 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The Flintstones have entered the chat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOULqadsJO8&t=16s edit: non-potato version

[–] clickyello 3 points 1 day ago

yup I bit it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

What's even the point of celebrating if the yuletide isn't gay

[–] Passerby6497 1 points 23 hours ago

Wow, what ❄️ ❄️ snowflakes ❄️ ❄️