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.

I have to say, there have been a few political stories where I've genuinely wondered.

But you're right, it's mostly whingeing.

Thanks, the current government did some weird stuff that might have been an onion-like piece in another administration, and I have upvoted quite some of those surprising events in the beginning, but most recent posts are just 'something that happened in America that doesn't usually happen in a functional democracy' and I think it has become too much to be honest.

Fair point. These three aren't great.

Since when was "fighter jet falls off aircraft carrier" satirical? This stuff does happen occasionally. It's just an accident.

Most stuff on here belongs on aboringdystopia

I found that my communities stayed on track better when I made robust rules and offered alternatives where content would be a better fit.

!dullsters@dullsters.net and !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

good on you, minding the community

Funny, and I just noticed in my YouTube feed: "Satire Isn't Dead, It's Ineffective"

I wonder why.

By the nature of this community it will be political. The key is not to use this community as a podium to announce your beliefs from. You can have politics without shouting into the void.

Could we better utilize the down vote system? Maybe make a rule that posts with a certain number of down votes to upvotes ratio will be locked.

It's not even valuable politics posts.
Every other one is an annoying 'look at the stupid thing Trump said, did or wore'.

Also try banning people who don't respect the rule of law.

I have a purely empirical question. If this is NOT The Onion, then what is it? Is it everything except for The Onion, or is it an Onion-adjacent community. Will I be banned for posting onions and onion related media. By extension is Shrek allowed, as he is like an onion, which in term has layers, which in term is like an ogre, but also like a person. So is it kind of like The Onion, or nothing like The Onion? You say not to post politics, but all news is political. So I'm not really sure what I'm looking at. And I'm not sure how to engage. And if this is a place for true stories that sound fake, do they have to be sourced, or can they be personal stories. I just need some clarification, that's all. Thanks in advance.

Not a political community? The evidence isn't supporting that. Anti-LGBGTQ people being ridiculous isn't oniony, it's just Wednesday.

I mean, those are the posts that get the most comments and votes.... and most posts only come from a handful of people...

Have you tried Kostman’s you know the “The Penis People?”

https://youtu.be/g7efwJwY4KE

My removed by a mod post was political and I missed this pinned post. That's on me and I apologize.

The Onion would definitely have thought up a more...imaginative name!

I deleted the post as well. Again, sorry for the slip.

-oleo

yesyes, pls make this not only bout politics...

its funi when its funi - but we dun need to highlight..,.. every instance of mediocre funi bythe orange man...

anyway, to all the peeps postin here in general: keep it up! the posts r great! <3