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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Are we finally gonna get the Musk vs Zuckerberg showdown?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

musk's MOM gave him a hallpass to excuse him from it. doubt he can fight an ANDROID like zuckerberg also knowing BJJ.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Idiocracy is now a fucking documentary.

How much you want to wager, the "mainstream" media will be sporting a boner over this gala event?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

I really wish people would stop saying Idiocracy is a documentary, it's not. President Camacho was able to see his shortcomings and hired the smartest man in the world to fix things, that's not happening in real life.

Idiocracy is something for us to aspire to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Office space is still a documentary right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

Been saying this for a year now

[–] Thistlewick 33 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

For context, his Big Idiot Bill passed, but polling on it has been horrendous. This is another distraction.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-scrambles-to-defend-his-megabill-after-savage-polling/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Of course it's a distraction "panem et circenses" for the people! It's so close to old Rome you might throw in a Roman salute here and there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago

Biff Tannen has become president.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Idiocracy achieved. Mike Judge is a time traveler disguised as a comedic writer and tried to warn us.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

And we thought he was joking

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 hours ago

This feels really psychotic. All of this really makes me want to question reality. Are we in a simulation? Are we an experiment by an advanced alien race, and they're tweaking parameters to study us?

Trump is like a grade school bully, in a lord of the flies scenario. He's got all this power and he's bringing in his bully friends and they're doing shit grade school bullies would do with all this power.

And all the people who voted for him...

None of this makes any sense. The end is nigh?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Trump VS Obama? I’d fucking watch that.

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

it would be quite difficult for trump to even walk, especially like a centaur, and his pants is full of shit.

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

Musk v Zuck

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

I'll allow it!

[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

And in 2030 he'll be having immigrants fight to the death for their freedom.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like a more realistic timeline for that is 2027 at the very latest

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

It wouldn't surprise me if it happened next week.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They are not winning freedom. Winner gets a pillow for 1 night in Alligator Auschwitz.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

never undersestimate crack strength.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Plot twist, death is their only freedom

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Didn't Stephen King write a novela about that?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Bringing back mandingo fighting

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

This is some hick-ass shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The White House lawn will be turned into a monster truck track next.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Why not? Honestly why not? I would at least be entertained.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 hours ago

Based on Musk's black eye, I would say that Trump's White House has allready seen at least one fight

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago

Can we please stop getting sidetracked by "trump might eat green cheese 2026" please?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago

Rehabilitation!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago

I hope it's as successful as his birthday party

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

This is how we get real life to look like a video game. Imagine page boys and interns in their little suits hooting for martial violence like the background of Street Fighter. What a time to be alive.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago