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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

“What’s this? IT’S BERNIE SANDERS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!”

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Idiocracy, here we come.

[–] PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 days ago

Well, as they say, if you put a clown on the throne, he does not become king. The palace becomes a circus.

[–] Beebabe@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I’m not sure how satire outlets can write headlines anymore tbh.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

"Trump's new tax on the wealthy will help million of low income families"

That's honestly the only Onion title I would fact check at this point.

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

fucking of course.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 117 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mamdani_Da_Savior@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And we thought he was joking

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can't even make fun of this shit anymore. Imagine a movie in 2016 where the president of the us is an obese idiot who sells beas from the oval office. Americans would be like: c'mon, what the fuck? We're not that stupid.

[–] Mamdani_Da_Savior@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Trump promote some sort of Honey recently?

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] oyo@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 days ago

That's the only thing he got wrong... Now it's "Welcome to Amazon, we absolutely hate you and you have no other choice."

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Nobody will ever wear these" Costume designer

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

They’re actually not horrible.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago

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

[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

never undersestimate crack strength.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plot twist, death is their only freedom

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

Didn't Stephen King write a novela about that?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Bringing back mandingo fighting

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week 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?

[–] oppy1984@lemdro.id 69 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 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.

But we did hire the smartest man in the world:

Elon Musk

/s

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Office space is still a documentary right?

[–] oppy1984@lemdro.id 8 points 1 week ago
[–] Steve@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago

Been saying this for a year now

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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?

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago

I think the mistake we (myself included) tend to make is assuming people have any intelligence on average.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

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

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

I hope it's as successful as his birthday party

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Rehabilitation!

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are we finally gonna get the Musk vs Zuckerberg showdown?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Trump VS Obama? I’d fucking watch that.

[–] alucard@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

I'll allow it!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

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

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Musk v Zuck

[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Biff Tannen has become president.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week 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.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago
[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 6 points 1 week ago

This is some hick-ass shit.

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago