# Check out this satirical version of The Onion! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243 "2013-10-14T18:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/1 "2013-10-14T18:59:03Z")
> **[theunion.com | News headlines for Grass Valley City California](https://www.theunion.com/)** ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/2 "2013-10-14T19:11:34Z")
What makes this a satire of _The Onion_? ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/3 "2013-10-14T19:14:03Z")
> [@curwin](#): > > [http://www.theunion.com/](http://www.theunion.com/) I don’t get it ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/4 "2013-10-14T19:15:01Z")
Aye, what made you think this was a satire of a satire, **curwin**? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/5 "2013-10-14T19:15:56Z")
[Grass Valley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_Valley,_California) is a real town and that’s the local paper. ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/6 "2013-10-14T19:19:35Z")
Well, The Onion has fake news stories, so this is the opposite of that. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/7 "2013-10-14T19:20:45Z")
This tells me nothing about what area man is up to. This is really stultus. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/8 "2013-10-14T19:20:54Z")
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, man, you kidder! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/9 "2013-10-14T19:21:21Z")
So it’s a normal newspaper? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/10 "2013-10-14T19:21:38Z")
Do we still give out an award for Massive Fail Of The Year? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/11 "2013-10-14T20:10:04Z")
I think it’s funny. Just because you didn’t get it, doesn’t mean it’s a fail. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/12 "2013-10-14T20:38:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Do we still give out an award for Massive Fail Of The Year? Yes, but I’m nominating this thread for “Best Group Whoosh.” ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/13 "2013-10-14T20:42:56Z")
I thought it was clever. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/14 "2013-10-14T20:44:41Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Yes, but I’m nominating this thread for “Best Group Whoosh.” On second thought…you’re probably right. 😃 It looks like **curwin** swung for the bleachers, and we didn’t even see the bat hit the ball, it was so smooth. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/15 "2013-10-14T21:26:18Z")
[Onion circa 2002 parodied](http://www2.warnerbros.com/madmagazine/files/onthestands/ots_424/bunion.html) by Mad Magazine ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/16 "2013-10-15T02:36:58Z")
I was in Grass Valley this summer, and on one morning I was there, I drove by a man who was shouting and punching a street sign. The next day, the incident was in the “Police Blotter” section of the Union. I think that counts. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/17 "2013-10-15T13:04:54Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > [Onion circa 2002 parodied](http://www2.warnerbros.com/madmagazine/files/onthestands/ots_424/bunion.html) by Mad Magazine That’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/18 "2013-10-15T13:30:38Z")
No no no. [This](http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce/products/5K+Enterprises/The+Amazing+NOnion%C2%AE/5K1.html)is the opposite of The Onion. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/19 "2013-10-15T13:46:47Z")
> [@Grey\_area](#): > > I thought it was clever. I agree. What’s a satire of a satire? The real thing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-satirical-version-of-the-onion/671243/20 "2013-10-15T14:03:27Z")
This reminds me of Zibarro, the good-looking and well-spoken Bizarro-Bizarro.