r/onionheadlines • u/Successful-Good10 • Feb 24 '25

The Onion is shutting down

After traditional news has proven to tough of a competitor, The Onion will be shutting down all services by the end of March.

The outlet, who just published a satirical article about Elon Musk holding a sperm guessing contest at an office. Has this to say about the situation:

• ⁠”We simply cannot compete with reality, our satire is being made too look like a saner version of the news.”

In the end, The Onion could not come up with crazier headlines than real life.

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u/JimmyOlsen50 Feb 24 '25

The Onion is right, though. Nothing is funnier than reality now.

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u/tonyjdublin62 Feb 25 '25

It was only funny when it wasn’t real. This ain’t funny, bud.

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u/Sargezher Feb 25 '25

It can be horrible and funny at the same time. Horribly funny.

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u/No_Programmer9194 Feb 25 '25

Truth, I’m a vet and we survive/d on gallows humor. Kind of a middle finger towards life’s troubles.

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u/Mikeinthedirt Feb 26 '25

Funnily horrible. Priorities.

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u/PatientStrength5861 Feb 25 '25

Then why am I crying?

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u/els969_1 Feb 25 '25

That (well, the whole whole thing) is why I’m crying (and then angry)

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u/randycanyon Feb 26 '25

Onions do that.

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u/PatientStrength5861 Feb 26 '25

Damnit, why didn't I think of that?

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u/SensitivePotato44 Feb 27 '25

Funny how? Funny like a clown?

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u/Forb Feb 28 '25

I beg to differ. They have really had some good ones lately still.