Look, I get it. The gargantuan shit-show that is U.S. politics and the American descent into fascism is on everyone's minds. It's certainly on mine.
But the point of this community is to highlight weird news stories that make you go, "By golly, I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion. You know, America's finest news source." A lot of stories being posted lately don't even remotely fit that.
That doesn't mean political stories aren't allowed here, but they must have headlines that would make people pause and wonder if it's a story from The Onion. Straight up regular, non Onion-y headlines don't fit.
Geez you’re not kidding. All the recent posts are politics with regular sounding headlines. I’m gonna start downvoting headlines that don’t fit.
Kid Rock music fest organizers beg for grace over string of hate from festival-goers
1d 14h ago by discuss.online/u/VetOfTheSeas in nottheonion from www.msn.com
After a 40-year wait, technology finally enables three-sided zipper design
10h 1m ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from techxplore.com
Fox News viewership linked to belief in a racist conspiracy theory
4h 48m ago by mander.xyz/u/fossilesque in nottheonion from www.psypost.org
Releasing goldfish into the wild can mess up ecosystems
1d 22h ago by mander.xyz/u/Deep in nottheonion from www.futurity.org
Tucker Carlson Claims Hanging Out With Trump Feels Like ‘Smoking Hash’ — Possibly Because of His ‘Supernatural’ Powers
17h 38m ago by lemmy.ca/u/NightOwl in nottheonion from www.mediaite.com
Scientists use lasers to determine the age of sharks
16h 17m ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from phys.org
‘She’s opening the bees!’ US beekeeper jailed for trying to save friend from eviction
2d 17h ago by lemmy.world/u/just_another_person in nottheonion from www.theguardian.com
Yacht-wrecking Orcas whales are ‘teenagers not afraid of anything’ after being abandoned by relatives
1d 16h ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from www.independent.co.uk
2025-12-11: Porn Is Being Injected Into Government Websites Via Malicious PDFs
1d 15h ago by kbin.melroy.org/u/Aatube in nottheonion from www.404media.co
Adam Scott Auditioned for ‘Hellraiser 6’ Despite Being Killed Off in ‘Hellraiser 4’: ‘Screw It. Maybe They Won’t Notice’
2d 12h ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from variety.com
Musk's AI told me people were coming to kill me. I grabbed a hammer and prepared for war
2d 3h ago by lemmy.zip/u/Valuy in nottheonion from www.bbc.comSaudi liquor store runs short because of Iran war bottleneck
2d 22h ago by thebrainbin.org/u/Infrapink in nottheonion from www.newarab.com
How a company likened to a sex cult is lobbying Trump for pardons
2d 22h ago by lemmy.world/u/Innerworld in nottheonion from www.cbsnews.com
Indian billionaire heir offers to save 80 of Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ from Colombian cull | CNN
2d 20h ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from www.cnn.com
OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins
4d 16h ago by lemmus.org/u/sundray in nottheonion from www.wired.com
Video game-loving China monk defends hobby, says gaming, religion serve similar life purposes
5d 7h ago by lemmy.ca/u/FTonsilStones in nottheonion from www.scmp.com
Former Chick-fil-A employee charged in $80,000 mac-and-cheese scheme
3d 21h ago by retrofed.com/u/heliotrope in nottheonion from www.bbc.com
Scientology ‘speed running’ trend has LA abuzz and church unhappy
3d 23h ago by discuss.online/u/VetOfTheSeas in nottheonion from www.theguardian.com
Italian city orders dog owners to wash away urine or face €500 fine
3d 15h ago by infosec.pub/u/abacabadabacaba in nottheonion from www.theguardian.com
22 Buddhist monks arrested at airport after record drug bust
5d 9h ago by lemmus.org/u/sundray in nottheonion from www.cbsnews.com
South Africa withdraws AI policy after it was found written by AI
4d 9h ago by lemmy.ml/u/solrize in nottheonion from www.the-independent.com
Former Texas Chick-fil-A employee charged in $80K refund scheme using mac and cheese
4d 23h ago by sopuli.xyz/u/YetAnotherNerd in nottheonion from www.fox4news.com
Men have fewer children than women
5d 16h ago by mander.xyz/u/Deep in nottheonion from www.mpg.de
Some Chicagoans aren't paying federal taxes in protest of Trump policies
6d 10h ago by piefed.social/u/Aatube in nottheonion from www.wbez.org
Ukraine shuts down arms network that supplied weapons to Steven Seagal
5d 19h ago by feddit.org/u/Hubi in nottheonion from kyivindependent.com
White House Refers To Trump As King In Photo With King Charles
6d 3h ago by lemmy.world/u/gedaliyah in nottheonion from www.forbes.com
Justice Department issues arrest warrant for former FBI chief James Comey charging ‘threat’ against Trump using seashells
6d 15h ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from www.independent.co.uk
French PM fuels row with trip to buy baguettes
3d 13h ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from www.bbc.com
Gordon Ramsay one of the first celebrity chefs to bring US-style 20% service charge to London
6d 19h ago by discuss.online/u/VetOfTheSeas in nottheonion from www.independent.co.uk
Beekeeper jailed after releasing insects on authorities trying to evict her friend
7d 20m ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from www.theguardian.comReducing methane in cattle burps among Agri research projects to receive €37.5m
4d 18h ago by thebrainbin.org/u/Infrapink in nottheonion from www.rte.ieTexas school sent waiver for parents to allow kids to be coached by sex offender
7d 18h ago by lemmy.world/u/andros_rex in nottheonion from www.chron.com
DOJ Files A Truth Social Post As A Legal Brief — Which Admits To Sharing Top Secret Plans With A ‘Fake’ Organization
6d 17h ago by discuss.tchncs.de/u/schnurrito in nottheonion from www.techdirt.com
US Government is collecting donations to help pay off its $39 trillion debt
7d 9h ago by lemmy.world/u/return2ozma in nottheonion from finbold.comNational Lottery calls for ban on betting on its games
6d 19h ago by thebrainbin.org/u/Infrapink in nottheonion from www.rte.ieMentalist Guessed Karoline Leavitt’s Baby Name Seconds Before Shooting
6d 20h ago by walsh.fallcounty.omg.lol/profile/klymilark in nottheonion from www.wsj.com
'Cat-astrophe': Kittens trigger neighbourly dispute in Bengaluru's Seshadripuram
7d 19h ago by lemmy.world/u/chakli in nottheonion from www.deccanherald.comThis ‘anti-Grammarly’ AI tool adds typos to your emails on purpose
8d 11h ago by piefed.social/u/Aatube in nottheonion from www.fastcompany.comIsraeli police confiscate Hungarian flag from Haifa protester due to Palestinian 'resemblance'
8d 20h ago by thebrainbin.org/u/Infrapink in nottheonion from www.newarab.com
America Trembles as Transportation Secretary Announces Plans for Air Traffic Controllers to Lean on AI Tools
8d 21h ago by lemmy.world/u/Argyle13 in nottheonion from futurism.com
Ice block stalls hundreds of Everest climbers at base camp
9d 23h ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from www.theguardian.com
'He’s got to pay': Chaos as Republican caught pantless in town hall refuses to resign
10d 10h ago by lemmy.world/u/dantheclamman in nottheonion from www.rawstory.com
Expecting driverless taxis to respect bike lanes “too high a bar”
10d 11h ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from road.cc
Tinder takes action against AI profiles by making users scan eyes for “proof of humanity”
10d 18h ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from www.dexerto.com
Trump claims US has total control over strait of Hormuz after Iran seizes two container ships
10d 20h ago by lemmy.cafe/u/resipsaloquitur in nottheonion from www.theguardian.com
Billionaire CEO: Work-Life Balance Is For The Weak
11d 9h ago by pawb.social/u/bearboiblake in nottheonion from fortune.com
AI Model & ‘MAGA’ Influencer Emily Hart Unmasked as Indian Man
11d 13h ago by slrpnk.net/u/green_red_black in nottheonion from www.yahoo.com
Cocaine-affected salmon swim nearly twice as far
11d 14h ago by lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/Viking_Hippie in nottheonion from www.smithsonianmag.comHairdryer used to trick weather sensor’ to win $34,000 bet
11d 19h ago by mander.xyz/u/RobotToaster in nottheonion from www.telegraph.co.uk