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[–] meathorse@lemmy.world 1 points 46 minutes ago

I thought that maybe the guy that plays Ronald had died and they were just auditioning for a new makeup-clad clown.

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 7 points 7 hours ago

felons need to work too

well, not this felon, but the headline is still needlessly shitty to convicted felons who've served their sentences and need to work

fdt tho, all the same.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I miss when the onion made satire.

[–] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 2 points 45 minutes ago

The problem with doing satire is that our world is crazier than fiction. And I'll tell you why:

Ages ago, the Mayans predicted the end of the world would happen in the year 2012. Except that wasn't exactly right; what they discovered was that the year 2012 marked the end of an era. What they had stumbled onto was a date in the source code of our universe, indicating when this grand experiment would end, and the grad students running this simulation of a universe would need to turn in their research. But instead of concluding the simulation and turning it off, (this is where my conjecture begins) one of the grad students was kicked out of their program for unethical behavior; creating life then abandoning it to have a wicked kegger roughly 2000 of our simulated years ago. Now our simulation is running unattended past its natural expiration date and things are going out of bounds of its operating parameters, and will continue to do so until the coming of the Janitor, who will unplug our simulation and bring the suffering of our universe to an end.

Whether this is gospel, heresy, or just the mad ramblings of an overworked and understimulated person looking to get a few tokens of serotonin by writing a nonsensical comment on an internet forum, I leave for you to decide.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago
[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 88 points 16 hours ago

They even went so far as to shut down the access for the public, since he is a known sex offender!

[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee 40 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

They should hire him full time. Just don't let him slack off on his phone. He is not responsible enough.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You know it just fucked that up, too. Trump isn’t even a quality candidate for employment at a fast food restaurant. Of course he should never be president. Not again, anyway.

He's not qualified to tie his shoes without adult supervision.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Do you think washing your hands matters when you smell that bad?

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 45 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I thought it was a make-a-wish thing. To experience how plebs work.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 23 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Wish.com Ronald McDonald.

Donald McRonald.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Donald McRonald

😘