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.
this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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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.
Okay, so, Onion-like and Onion-esque content is okay, as long as it's not The Onion. Good to know. I always prefer to ask people in the know aside from just reading the rules. Rules are a bit reductive, and there are so many interpretations. Thanks. But I still don't know if personal stories with no outside source are allowed. Like, things you read in a newspaper or watch on local news. That kind of thing. I can't really provide sourcess for those, since the media doesn't usually provide a source. And is this place for English-only stories or can I post translated/untranslated sources? Because believe me, all media is a circus, not just the media in English. It's multicultural.
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.
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.
I'll report them all
They can also just be removed, surely
Yes, but if you report them, I find them faster.
I have to say, there have been a few political stories where I've genuinely wondered.
But you're right, it's mostly whingeing.
To be fair some of said stories genuinely could have been onion articles... In what sane world would we deport a 4 year old resident with cancer? How is that an actual headline? The times this year I've had to double check is astonishing.
Thanks, the current government did some weird stuff that might have been an onion-like piece in another administration, and I have upvoted quite some of those surprising events in the beginning, but most recent posts are just 'something that happened in America that doesn't usually happen in a functional democracy' and I think it has become too much to be honest.
I found that my communities stayed on track better when I made robust rules and offered alternatives where content would be a better fit.
good on you, minding the community
Funny, and I just noticed in my YouTube feed: "Satire Isn't Dead, It's Ineffective"
I wonder why.
I blame '/s'
People just have a very poor sense of organization or proper placement. I feel a lot of the political doom and gloom posts are from those who feel like not "enough" is talked about something, when it apparently already is, so they throw it here.
But for a while now, yeah it's tiresome to try and turn every single thing into another political box.
They may also feel it's not talked enough in general, and put it here on Lemmy, where every second post is about that.
That's social media in a but shell. It explains why you see political on seemly random communities like shower thoughts.
By the nature of this community it will be political. The key is not to use this community as a podium to announce your beliefs from. You can have politics without shouting into the void.
Could we better utilize the down vote system? Maybe make a rule that posts with a certain number of down votes to upvotes ratio will be locked.
It's not even valuable politics posts.
Every other one is an annoying 'look at the stupid thing Trump said, did or wore'.
@[email protected] 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
Fair point.
These three aren't great.
Since when was "fighter jet falls off aircraft carrier" satirical? This stuff does happen occasionally. It's just an accident.
Most stuff on here belongs on aboringdystopia