Hi everyone,
News is weird. When it’s weird enough, it reads like articles from The Onion, and that’s what we’re all about. But as the community grows, there’s more and more content being posted here that just isn’t very Onion-y.
Jimmy Carter Becomes Second President Convicted Of Felony For Sticking Up Waffle House
Take a look at that headline from The Onion today. Or this one:
World Series Of Poker Entrants Play One Hand Face-Up So Everyone Can Learn Rules
Or this one:
New Hormone-Free IUD Wards Off Sperm With Steady Emission Of Police-Grade Pepper Spray
That’s the flavor we’re going for. We want real, credible news articles with headlines that read like they’re from The Onion.
This is not the community for:
- Non-Onion-y political news (it’s gotta be absurd enough to look Onion-y)
- Non-Onion-y regular news (it’s gotta be absurd enough to look Onion-y)
- Satire (it’s gotta be actual news)
- Fake news from fly-by-night “news” sites (again, it’s gotta be actual news)
That means not every ridiculous thing a politician does qualifies as appropriate content here.
I need your help, though… I need people to report content that just isn’t Onion-y, and I need people to try not to post non-Onion-y content in the first place.
Finally, I need help moderating, so this is also a formal call for new mods! Post below if you think you’re ready to take on moderation for one of the larger Lemmy communities! Tell me why you’d like to mod, and link to a news story from any time (it doesn’t have to be current) that has a properly Onion-y headline, to show that you really get this community.
I’ll pick two people to become new moderators for the community from participants. Good luck!
But your example of not Onion-y enough was published by the Onion themselves. Articles from The Onion are now not Onion-y material?I’m confused and want more coffee.
Those were examples of actual Onion headlines to serve as guidelines for the headlines that would fit well here. But yeah, actual Onion articles wouldn’t fit here, because… This is Not The Onion.
So… Please drink some coffee.
Yes, I did in fact need that coffee, and now I totally get it. Appreciate your patience.
No worries. I’m utterly incapable of basic logic until I get my coffee.
(edit: two terrible autocorrect mistakes)
Someone needs to post this to c/nottheonion:
Mod for c/nottheonion declares articles from The Onion are now not Onion-y enough
I’ll allow it.