The Onion: 20 Years Later @onion20.substack.com · Dec 4

This week's Onion issue from 20 years ago contains one of my all-time favorite headlines: "Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan." I love all the wordplay: "rufflelutionaries," "cheesekeeping forces," "funyunmentalists," and more. onion20.substack.com/p/2005-frito...

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@bajacobs.bsky.social · Dec 4

Don’t even try to out-Onion THE ONION, folks. Skewering a regime this absurdly lethal is a job for professionals.

Notes In The Margin · Dec 4

Two items you ran made me literally laugh loud…and fall in love with The Onion - the gist: 1. Man at Chipotle sure other customer got more black beans 2. Piece on Marshalls: one economist citing the disarray as proof of a good economy; second one using the same criteria to say the economy was bad

Fresh forest air · Dec 4

Gaywads, Dorkwads sign historic Wad Accord

FlyAndCry Airlines ✈️😭 · Dec 5

Rufflelutionaries once hijacked a FlyAndCry plane. They demanded dip

Glampa · Dec 4

LOL. I used to work for Frito-Lay, and it really was a lot like another country.

Trevor Coleman 🇨🇦 · Dec 4

CIA Realizes it's Been Using Black Highlighter is a classic.

@prefect.bsky.social · Dec 4

Just wait until George Clinton drops da bomb on Iraq.

Chilly Gusty Winds · Dec 4

Admiral Ackbar has an admirable snackbar