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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 129 points 1 week ago (6 children)
[–] somtwo@lemmy.world 62 points 1 week ago

It's not fair, it sounds so plausible!

[–] kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Fuck, yeah it got me too

(in fairness i'm tipsy rn)

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think this site also had a really funny article about an alpha male that touched a tampon and ended up in an ER.

[–] kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

damn, good thing I'm a woman. sending my condolences to the victim and his family

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Bro had UHC too

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it is fucking sad to say that I had to double check and make sure this wasn't a not-the-onion story.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Honest question. At what point do people proclaim this? Did you read the article or did you internally respond before checking the source?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

No. You read the headline, and react. Just the same as any other article. Then you see the community posted, laugh, and reply "ate the onion".

See in the 90s, the whole point of the onion (the actual original paper distributed onion newsletter) was to grab peoples attention and fool them into thinking it's a real headline.

Thats what happened here. I believed it was a legit headline. Thus, I ate the onion.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

also fuckin at it (not completely sober)

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Would sir like fries with that 🍟

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (2 children)

People who thought this was real - don't feel bad, it's a reference to Florida's REAL "Don't Say Gay" law, enacted in 2023, that bans the word from public schools.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

yeah... we're cooked.
signed, a trans Floridian in highschool

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's not as common now but I've met somebody who's first name is Gay.

Who's that guy over there? Well that's Homosexual Smith; the heterosexual.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

"The plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was the Enola Homosexual"

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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago

Oof, they got me on that one.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thought it was real. Can't blame me though.

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it’s sadly believable. Ron is that much of a culture war stoking prick.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Flinstones theme safe?

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Absolutely NOT. Fred Flintstone drove a zero-emissions vehicle, which is yabba-dabba-WOKE!

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

Alternative fuel vehicle, barefoot, and earthen home? Woke af

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Technically, the power source for his vehicle does have an exhaust port that occasionally puts out methane gas.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

That was addressed at the end of the article.

At press time, Governor DeSantis banned reruns of “The Flintstones” after learning the family was having a “gay old time” in every episode.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This onion tastes particularly oniony.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I had a nice bite myself.

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

Doh! I got caught out again.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, wait, that's The Onion.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

the hard times, but yeah, I almost bought it too.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lol I didn't notice this was the Onion at first and genuinely thought this was real.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Yep. I bit it hard. Honestly, I'm mote surprised it isn't real at this point. It's totally something he'd do.

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

Gay People Respond by Signing Bill to Remove Ron DeSantis

[–] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago

He signed the bill because every time he hears the word 'gay', he thinks about shoving some D in his mouth. nom nom nom slurp slurp

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Yes, they should replace them with the word 'homosexual' to be more modern 😉

[–] Fritzer 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok, I didn't read the Community title and thought it was real. Because I trust him to do something like this. Or at least try it.

[–] Ghost33313@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

I was about to find the gayest apparel I could in reaction.

[–] anonimowy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Why are you giving him ideas?

[–] MaxTheMummer@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"Don we now, our happy apparial!"

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bro it was right there.

“Don we now, our hay apparel!”

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

"Dom me now, on a homosexual barrel!"

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Conservatives, you have fucked up, because I didn't even get surprised by this, it really just seemed like something you guys would do these days.

[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

What's even the point of celebrating if the yuletide isn't gay

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

yup I bit it

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How many Christmas songs are there that contain the word "gay"? I can't think of any?

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Now we don our gay apparel, la la la la la

[–] authorinthedark@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

deck the halls

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Make the yueltide gay

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The Flintstones have entered the chat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOULqadsJO8&t=16s edit: non-potato version

After the congresswoman actually turned out to be in memory care I don't believe anything anymore. Not even my own name.

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