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

The president of the united states and commander in chief, perfect representation of his nation!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

Comedy genius

[–] [email protected] 187 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This is easily explained.

Donald Trump has dementia.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago

Not true, not true. Very sharp, Tim Apple called him smart. Fake news

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But media won't harp on this like Biden. Otherwise we'd have a million articles by now.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago

Mainstream media has a fuckton of culpability here.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 day ago

And even before that, he was dumb and easily used. Just easier to use now:

[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

No, it's syphilitic brain damage.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago

One doesn't exclude the other.

[–] [email protected] 126 points 1 day ago (4 children)

When do we start using Gatorade on the crops?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ahem Brawndo? Idiot doesn't even know it's got electrolytes...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

It’s what plants crave !

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s scares me that some of you don’t get this ~~joke~~ reference

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

When all the nefarious people encouraging this abuse die off.

You'll notice that they don't exist in the future world of Idiocracy. That's because it's a fictional world, with a very basic premise only vaguely related to reality.

The problem isn't that people are dumb, it's that the people in power want to keep people dumb. Without that, it's not like we'll continue to devolve into helpless infantile people with no ability to think for ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Without that, it’s not like we’ll continue to devolve into helpless infantile people with no ability to think for ourselves.

ChatGPT enters the chat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, totally not engineered by people who profit off people getting dumber...

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

True, but I honestly think a significant number of people will naturally gravitate towards whatever's easier, offloading their own critical thinking skills.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Where's the grift in that? It's gonna be raw sewage and industrial waste.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago

Because it's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

It'll be Trumpade

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

RFK's worm doing some serious work on upping that foodborne pathogens game...

Edit: Missed a letter and link

[–] [email protected] 31 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Has Mr. Japan met Tim Apple?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Mr. Japannibal Lector

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago

We're like a department store to shop in the United States, and you'll pay a 25% tariff

That's not how any of that works.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Mr. Japan sounds like a really awesomely shitty knockoff super hero.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Still way better than what USA has right now ....

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

I wonder what he's thinking when he says "Ms. Universe"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

Probably thinking about what she looked like in her early teens.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A mind as sharp as a sharpie.

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

Sharpie enough to control hurricanes.

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

The power to relocate Alabama by drawing a weiner with a marker.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

A mind like a bowling ball. Blunt, smooth, and significantly dense for it's relatively small size.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That does make sense. Smartest thing he has said so far.

We already have "Miss Germany" etc. Why did we not think of using that term for the respective leader?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

Senile leader

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm not a fan of the headline.

Peanut butter is useful.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

The two people in charge of the US government---Beavis and Butthead---sure are some queer fellas.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I grow up, EVERYBODY will call ME "MR. AMERICA". They will GIVE ME "NOBEL" PEACE prizes and hold MILITARY PARADES on MY BIRTHDAY. I will be "PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES". They will LOVE ME and APPRECIATE ME.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Well I'm gonna get a THREE BELL prize! Take that!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

Ask the magic EIGHT BELL.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Thanks Mr. Orange man!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Put my dick in your mouth, Donnie. It’ll block you from saying stupid shit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago

I get the sentiment, but still....

ewww