# I'm so going to Hell - Onion Headline **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723 "2005-09-21T15:55:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/1 "2005-09-21T15:55:44Z")
This Onion headline cracked me up so much that I now know I am going straight to Hell: **Bush Braces As Cindy Sheehan’s Other Son Drowns In New Orleans** [Linky-poo](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40764) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/2 "2005-09-21T15:56:45Z")
HAH. That is so wrong. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/3 "2005-09-21T16:22:13Z")
Yeah, I totally cracked up. Hope there’s plenty of room on today’s Hell-Bound Express. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/4 "2005-09-21T16:41:24Z")
Move over… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/5 "2005-09-21T16:53:00Z")
Do you need my Frequent Flyer number for a 1st Class ticket? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/6 "2005-09-21T17:04:13Z")
There is something I am not quite getting about The Onion through all of this. Their headlines are too closely matching the reality that happened before the issue was even published. For instance, [Cindy Sheehan has already gone apeshit](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cindy-sheehan/a-bright-spot-in-bush-wor_b_7433.html) about troops being in New Orleans and has called for their withdrawal. That makes this article not so much a satire as just a minor exageration of reality. Likewise, The Onion ran a story right after Katrina called something like ‘I’m Goin’ to Put these Supplies in My Car and Drive them There My Own Damn Self’. Cute headline. Problem is was that there were several real news stories that day about people doing just that. I read their headline thinking it was another version of a real one I already read. I think that reality is imitating The Onion’s usual level of ridiculousness a little too closely and they are having a hard time trying to crank it up a notch. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/7 "2005-09-21T17:21:16Z")
Well, I’ve always preferred to party with the sinners, than cry with the saints. Tripler Thank God I’m a Devil Worshipper, too. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/8 "2005-09-21T18:19:32Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I think that reality is imitating The Onion’s usual level of ridiculousness a little too closely and they are having a hard time trying to crank it up a notch. [Well, not completely](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40512). ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/9 "2005-09-21T18:24:13Z")
> [@5que](#): > > This Onion headline cracked me up so much that I now know I am going straight to Hell: > > **Bush Braces As Cindy Sheehan’s Other Son Drowns In New Orleans** > > [Linky-poo](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40764) Yeah, that one made me simultaneously cringe and laugh. Another good one from the Onion folks. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/10 "2005-09-21T18:29:54Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I think that reality is imitating The Onion’s usual level of ridiculousness a little too closely and they are having a hard time trying to crank it up a notch. If so this has been going on for some time. I’m too lazy to link to the SD thread about it, but last year they did a spoof of the Gilette corp CEO frothing at the mouth & demanding a 5-bladed razor, even if they had to “stick the fifth blade in sideways.” Apart from the orientation of the fifth blade, The Onion nailed the introduction of the 5-blade razor _and the company who introduced it_ a year in advance! Those guys are damned good. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/11 "2005-09-21T18:30:41Z")
So what’d everyone think of this weeks poll, “Are you for or against gay marriage?” I’m not sure if I’m for or against or for, myself. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-going-to-hell-onion-headline/322723/12 "2005-09-21T19:23:19Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > So what’d everyone think of this weeks poll, “Are you for or against gay marriage?” Can you just answer YES, and let them figure it out? 😃