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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -5 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

It is legit funny to me though.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 45 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

It's funny from the outside, but when you actually give it thought it's super fucked up and degrading.

Like the article said, one time was funny. Multiple times is harassment and a reminder of how women have historically been treated.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 39 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah, there is too much baggage for it to be properly funny with the WNBA.

Now the regular NBA on the other hand, no misogynist baggage with fake dicks there. Much funnier place to throw one.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, until some Ron Artest-type motherfucker charges the stands.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Come on, that would still be funny from the outside. I put my vote for doing it at the NBA games.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 6 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Then we can start betting on a player charging the stands!

Obv joke--i don't gamble.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

we can start ~~betting on~~ paying a player charging the stands!

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago

Shhhhhh

Plausible deniability ;)

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

i don't gamble

So you're the bookie then?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I mean when Artest, Rodman, Wallace, and such were around online betting would have been golden. $40 says Indiana punches a ref when they play the Pistons.

NFL: $30 says Owens gets fined. Burfict gets suspended and Pacman Jones gets into an argument with a coach for the other team on the field.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (4 children)

Only if they’re also throwing fleshlights at NBA games

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

dildos stuffed in spring-loaded fleshlights so when they hit the court the dildos shoot out like spring snakes. only way to go

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Equality wood be Dildos for the NBA games too.

And I'd probably actually watch it if there was a chance of Shaq getting smacked by a double ended.

Basketball is boring to me to watch. I get the fun in playing it but not in watching it.

Edit: I'm keeping that typo

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Son, a man can get a lot of good use out of a dildo.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly I only have two and a strong gag reflex

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

how do you see? hear? breathe? praise deer god it's a miracle!

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

That would be hilarious.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 9 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

There's just something inherently amusing about a wobbly sausage, isn't there?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, it helps if you actually hit where you aimed. You'd think you'd practice before the game, right?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 13 hours ago

There is a disappointing lack of good fundamentals when it comes to dildo-throwing, honestly.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

Imagine pinpoint dildo tossing accuracy

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 7 points 18 hours ago

Wobbly Sausage

IDK, the original article is sort of in this Schrödinger zone. On the one hand, yes, it's harassing and you shouldn't make dickhead jokes where the principle of the joke is basically "lol they're women." On the other hand, people can do funny things sometimes and be dickheads, it's part of living in a free society. Definitely trying to crack down on it and tell them they can't is just going to spark this universal human impulse to say "Okay I hit paydirt here let's double down because now it's really funny if it happens again."

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -4 points 18 hours ago