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Not The Onion

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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 72 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

This is quite a paradox. It's a true story, not satire, meaning that it does belong on /c/nottheonion; and I would indeed look at the headline and think "That has got to be a story from The Onion, America's Finest News Source." But it's definitely about the satire newspaper and website The Onion, which is explicitly what this community is not about. It says so in the name!

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 57 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

We don't have a community called "quantum superposition of onion", so this will have to do

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

Seems like we both do and don't, which is the best possible outcome I think.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 15 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

It's about The Onion, not in The Onion.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 20 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Ah, new word unlocked.

Alliaceous is an adjective meaning to resemble, smell, or taste like garlic or onions. It often describes plants belonging to the Allium genus, such as leeks, chives, and shallots, which are characterized by their pungent, pungent, and savory scent.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Thank you, saved me the trouble of looking it up! There's a word I'll probably never find occasion to use.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 8 points 20 hours ago

But I would really love to.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

Next time someone doesn't put enough onion in a dish you can ask for it to be "more alliacious."

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, yeah. I'm using it to mean "of or relating to onions."

[–] forrgott@lemmy.zip 8 points 21 hours ago

No shit. I thought you meant in relation to garlic. Thank you for clarifying.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

It's technically about Global Tetrahedron acquiring InfoWars along side of its other property The Onion.

So we're safely in nottheonion territory but don't try to post this in notglobaltetrahedron.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I have decided by fiat that it is, in fact, une pipe.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 14 hours ago

If it's a pipe, then let's see you try to smoke something out of it

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Well you can also pronounce the name of the community as "not the onion" as in "oh no its the onion!"