# I was a longtime fan of The Onion

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**Created:** [September 4, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-a-longtime-fan-of-the-onion/919838 "2020-09-04T19:19:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-a-longtime-fan-of-the-onion/919838/21 "2020-09-10T19:04:22Z")

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Once upon a time it was ridiculously funny, with much work put into high quality videos tailored to the news story of the day. I laughed so hard I cried the first time I watched the ‘9/11 Conspiracies Ridiculous’, ‘Hungry FDA Official’ and ‘Cindy McCain’ videos:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q_OIXfkXEj0/hqdefault.jpg "'9/11 Conspiracy Theories Ridiculous' - Al Qaeda") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_OIXfkXEj0)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j-y3Q9gNtXU/hqdefault.jpg "Hungry FDA Official Orders Massive Pot Pie Recall") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-y3Q9gNtXU)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W15ucMZ8V-c/hqdefault.jpg "Cindy McCain Just Like Any Other Female Human'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W15ucMZ8V-c)

A few years later they shifted to a ‘high output-low effort’ model and now I crack a smile once in awhile. Pity.

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