tias 24 points 2 years ago

Trump Voter Feels Betrayed By President After Reading 800 Pages Of Queer Theory. Important commentary and funny at the same time.

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tias 14 points 2 years ago

Second place goes to Memorial Honors Victims Of Imminent Dam Disaster.

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tetris11 2 points 2 years ago

What's the actual joke here? It sounds like it's almost mocking trans literature by how complex it is to understand for the average american. Is that it?

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schnurrito 4 points 2 years ago

I think that mainly mocks the idea that if only people talked to each other more, communicated with each other more, tried to see things from the others' perspective, then everything would be great and everyone would arrive at a common conclusion.

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tias 3 points 2 years ago

The Onion does something really clever: they simply show what the world would be like if feminists actually succeeded in convincing people with their arguments. The end result is comically bizarre and obviously extremely unlikely. The joke/criticism is how disconnected feminists are from the real world with their overly complicated, academic and abstract language, despite the fact that they ostensibly have a goal of influencing ordinary people into being better.

I've had this beef for a long time with feminists: they lack empathy and insight into the actual lived experience of the people they want to convince. They're caught up in an authoritarian, entitled worldview where they imagine they can just coerce others into becoming better through force and shaming, using language that is so far above most people's heads that it all just seems imaginary. Whenever I try to raise these concerns I am met with hate and am called a misogynist even though my intentions are to help. They have virtually no ability to listen. There are exceptions, but they are drowned out among all the (in my opinion) misguided people.

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SailorMoss 1 point 2 years ago

The end result is comically bizarre and obviously extremely unlikely. The joke/criticism is how disconnected feminists are from the real world with their overly complicated, academic and abstract language, despite the fact that they ostensibly have a goal of influencing ordinary people into being better.

The goal of feminism is gender equality. That is to reduce the authority men have over women (and in some cases vice versa). Part of that may be to influence people toward being kinder and more understanding towards others. But another part of that might be a deeper and more complex understanding of how gender functions in society.

Think about it this way… Just because Einstein’s theory of special relativity is complicated and not well understood by most people doesn’t make the theory of special relativity incorrect. But for some reason in the social sciences you can make the argument that a theory is too complicated and therefore wrong and some people will think that argument makes sense. The theory being complicated is obviously not an argument against the theory of special relativity or Judith Butlers theories on gender.

I do find this skit funny but I think the joke is one layer deeper. I think the joke is something along the lines of this Upton Sinclair quote:

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. ―Upton Sinclair

That is men benefit from the status quo of gender relations therefore men have a certain subjectivity that we expect from them that resists thinking critically about their own position in gendered hierarchy. Seeing (especially working class) men break from that subjectivity breaks expectations and the result is humor.

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tetris11 1 point 2 years ago

Thanks for clarifying. It does feel like they're punching down a little, but its a good commentary nonetheless.

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tias 1 point 2 years ago

"Punching down" is in the eye of the beholder, and kind of supports my point about having empathy in the way you speak. I guarantee that steel workers feel like they got the short end of the stick in life, and that feminist academia is the elite.

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christian 3 points 2 years ago

It's unrealistic to expect people to judge your message on the merits of your argument if you're not taking the time to translate it into a language they speak.

Not really interested in making an argument to whether it's fair to apply this caricature here, but that's definitely the message here.

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tetris11 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you, it just clicked for me now

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HotWheelsVroom 23 points 2 years ago

I'm just gonna leave this here with no further content...

"Sony Releases Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work"

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combo 13 points 2 years ago

@HotWheelsVroom Lmao, I also like that one very much
"It's functions include... ...being all ass backwards fuck". Magical

But I'll still add another great one - Political Talk Show Host Suddenly Very Interested In Manslaughter Law Loopholes (https://youtu.be/xOVQPtuKRs4)

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HotWheelsVroom 9 points 2 years ago

The system specs tho LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣

System Specifications:

Makes the most irritating beeping noise you've ever heard in your goddamn life
Fucks up everything else you hook it up to
'Scans for receivers', whatever the fuck that means
Flashes random fucking words and numbers on the display screen

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anarcho_blinkenist 2 points 2 years ago

to this day I still occasionally mutter "it never ends, this shit..."

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nichtburningturtle 16 points 2 years ago

Is The Government Spying On Schizophrenics Enough?

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Godort 16 points 2 years ago

Supreme Court: Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass'

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python 16 points 2 years ago

I love the entire "Autistic Reporter" Series for some reason lol

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Canadian_Cabinet 4 points 2 years ago

How do I go to prison??

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atro_city 16 points 2 years ago

Sony Releases Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work. Replace by Sony by Apple and it still fits perfectly.

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Akasazh 15 points 2 years ago

The MacBook wheel comes closest

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sunbrrnslapper 8 points 2 years ago

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.

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RestrictedAccount 2 points 2 years ago

We will be watching to see if it catches on in the business world where people have to accomplish things rather than just dicking around.

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atro_city 3 points 2 years ago

"I'll buy anything that's shiny and comes from Apple" 👌

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HotWheelsVroom 3 points 2 years ago

The wheel. Reinvented.

God, I fucking love you, Onion...

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pedz 15 points 2 years ago

The one about the memorial built in advance for a damn disaster that they all saw coming but did nothing about, except for the memorial of the future victims.

This disaster will have been preventable. All of the warning signs are here now. Yet, no one will have fucking done anything about it.

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PanaX 14 points 2 years ago

Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex

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PaupersSerenade 11 points 2 years ago

Oldie but a goldie; Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere

It’s just so amazingly on point

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anarcho_blinkenist 11 points 2 years ago

Prague's Kafka International Named Most Alienating Airport

And a 'from-16-years-back' broadside at the US approaching November:

'No Values Voters' Search For Most Evil Candidate

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anarcho_blinkenist 11 points 2 years ago

honorable mention to New Marijuana Study Confirms Everyone Knows You're High And You Will Be Stoned Forever

because when this was originally uploaded on their website it would play a slightly different version every time you opened the page. So you'd laugh and show your friends, so then even if your (allegedly) stoner ass hadn't gotten tripped out the first time, while they're watching it and laughing you'd start sweating.

Second honorable mention to "Is The Government Spying on Schizophrenics Enough?" But I'm honestly still not sure that one's totally okay, even if I still laugh every single time I watch it. I'm not that type of mentally ill but have had people close to me who struggle enough with it and the very nature of the disorder is such that even though I laugh I've always at the same time felt it treads very much on the line.

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tetris11 11 points 2 years ago

The "post office box" sketch:

New Live Poll Let's Pundits Pander to Voters in Realtime

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thrawn 2 points 2 years ago

I love this one. I sometimes fit “post office box” into sentences just to say it the way Duncan does.

Side note, I saw Duncan’s actor in an episode of Always Sunny a few years ago and it was lovely seeing him. He’s probably my favorite from ONN. The segment about Nigeria where he accidentally reads about Niger is a phenomenal use of visual comedy

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lolcatnip 10 points 2 years ago

Brain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized

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InternetCitizen2 8 points 2 years ago

I like the Taliban guy telling the 911 conspiracy guy that 911 was real.

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HarryOru 8 points 2 years ago

Missing Teen's Friends Go On Tv To Plead For Her Release, Gossip About Ugly Classmates

Expert Wasted Entire Life Studying Anteaters

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christian 6 points 2 years ago

Always been partial to Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck

"I heard screaming and I thought it was just someone doing an accurate impression of Glenn Beck talking normally, but then I saw the smoke."

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PapaStevesy 6 points 2 years ago

You're pronk of order!

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sunbrrnslapper 6 points 2 years ago

HP Offers 'That Cloud Thing Everyone Is Talking About": https://youtu.be/9ntPxdWAWq8?si=wHKW3AJSuDnGDRq9

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smackjack 6 points 2 years ago

These comments are proof that The Onion peaked like 15 years ago. They just haven't been as funny since then.

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LapGoat 5 points 2 years ago

i dont think its the onions fault, parody just got more difficult when real life is already ridiculous

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thrawn 3 points 2 years ago

Weirdly, this comment is a little hasty but only because of recent developments. ONN presumably didn’t make enough money so it was canceled, thus they couldn’t keep doing sketches like that. Now that The Onion has bought itself from its corporate owners, ONN is said to be returning. If the new ONN sucks this comment will be accurate though.

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gerbler 5 points 2 years ago

Without a doubt:

Situation in Nigeria seems pretty complex

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griD 4 points 2 years ago

Ten Percent Of U.S. High School Students Graduating Without Basic Object Permanence Skills

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Resol 4 points 2 years ago