• @Mothra
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    428 months ago

    I was laughing at the onion article and stopped- was that really published in 1998 ?!?!? Or is the date also a joke?

    • @hobovision@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      It reads like it’s from 98. The references to Blockbuster, Daimler-Chrysler, McDonnell Douglas, and Bill Clinton tipped me off this was an old one.

    • @MangoKangaroo@beehaw.org
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      Wikipedia says that The Onion has had a website since '96, so it’s definitely possible! (Also, TIL The Onion has existed since 1988.)

      • @Mothra
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        68 months ago

        I knew the onion is old, but didn’t imagine they would keep a website with old articles still up!

        • @wim@lemmy.sdf.org
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          68 months ago

          Why not? It costs nothing, appart from transforming the old format into something the current site can work with, or more likely, have the old site support tbe old format.

          • @Mars@beehaw.org
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            68 months ago

            Some media organizations have started nuking old articles to please the Google algorithm

    • @Phroon@beehaw.org
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      98 months ago

      It really is that old. According to their Supreme Court amicus brief: “Rising from its humble beginnings as a print newspaper in 1756, The Onion now enjoys a daily readership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history.” Seriously though, read that brief. It’s a masterful piece of satire.