this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2025
110 points (92.3% liked)
Not The Onion
17692 readers
1417 users here now
Welcome
We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!
The Rules
Posts must be:
- Links to news stories from...
- ...credible sources, with...
- ...their original headlines, that...
- ...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”
Please also avoid duplicates.
Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.
And that’s basically it!
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's essentially a meaningless gesture anymore. I know ill get hate for this but they gave one to Obama and well in my opinion he hadn't done anything to deserve such a "prestigious " honor other than being the first black president. Meaningless
It should be reserved for intellectuals, artists, scientists etc. The only world leader that deserves an honor such as this would be one that ends hunger or homelessness