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[–] Fritzer@feddit.org 7 points 1 day 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 1 points 22 hours ago

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

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day 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 day 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.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, wait, that's The Onion.

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

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

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 129 points 2 days ago (6 children)
[–] somtwo@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago

It's not fair, it sounds so plausible!

[–] kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Fuck, yeah it got me too

(in fairness i'm tipsy rn)

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days 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 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Bro had UHC too

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days 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 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days ago

also fuckin at it (not completely sober)

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Would sir like fries with that 🍟

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day 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 day ago

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

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

Make the yueltide gay

deck the halls

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago

Oof, they got me on that one.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days 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.

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days 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 day ago

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

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

I knew a woman whose first name was Gay but she always went by her middle name.

Actually Homosexual Smith sounds like a famous frontiersman or maybe an Old West preacher.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

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

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

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

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The Flinstones theme safe?

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

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

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

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

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days 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 2 days ago (2 children)

This onion tastes particularly oniony.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I had a nice bite myself.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Doh! I got caught out again.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days 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.

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Gay People Respond by Signing Bill to Remove Ron DeSantis

[–] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 2 days 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

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

Why are you giving him ideas?

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

"Don we now, our happy apparial!"

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

"Dom me now, on a homosexual barrel!"

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Bro it was right there.

“Don we now, our hay apparel!”

[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

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

[–] clickyello@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

yup I bit it

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