# What is your favorite Onion video? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718 "2010-09-14T13:33:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/1 "2010-09-14T13:33:51Z")
[This is mine.](http://www.theonion.com/video/report-most-college-males-admit-to-regularly-getti,14386/) I could watch it over and over. And I have. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/2 "2010-09-14T13:39:47Z")
I like this one: [New Law Requires Women To Name Baby, Paint Nursery Before Getting Abortion](http://www.theonion.com/video/new-law-requires-women-to-name-baby-paint-nursery,14393/) It’s so over the top absurd. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/3 "2010-09-14T13:48:55Z")
I like the one about the Macbook wheel. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/4 "2010-09-14T15:07:23Z")
Some of my favorites are the meta ones: [Series of Concentric Circles Emanating from Glowing Red Dot](http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-series-of-concentric-circles-emanati,14204/) [Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere](http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-some-bullshit-happening-somewhere,16928/) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/5 "2010-09-14T15:10:01Z")
[Internet Crash](http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-all-online-data-lost-after-internet,14148/) ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/6 "2010-09-14T16:03:13Z")
This always cracks me up: [http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-is-the-government-spying-on-paranoid-s,14177/](http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-is-the-government-spying-on-paranoid-s,14177/) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/7 "2010-09-14T16:12:14Z")
I almost forgot about another all-time favorite, the new Sony Piece of Shit: [link](http://www.theonion.com/video/sony-releases-new-stupid-piece-of-shit-that-doesnt,14309/) mmm ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/8 "2010-09-14T17:46:16Z")
I love the prison economy one because it’s like a CNBC report: [Prison Economy Spirals as Price of Cigarettes Exceeds Two Hand Jobs](http://www.theonion.com/video/prison-economy-spirals-as-price-of-pack-of-cigaret,14327/) Big Dap: “I’m gettin’ a lot of hand jobs.” ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/9 "2010-09-14T20:54:00Z")
Winner: [Obama’s weekly video addresses](http://www.theonion.com/articles/obamas-weekly-video-addresses-becoming-increasingl,17649/) (actually an article with video) Honorable mention: [Tests biased?](http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-are-tests-biased-against-students-who,17966/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/10 "2010-09-15T01:45:59Z")
[Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks](http://www.theonion.com/video/ultrarealistic-modern-warfare-game-features-awaiti,14382/) [New Anti-Smoking Ads Warn Teens ‘It’s Gay To Smoke’](http://www.theonion.com/video/new-antismoking-ads-warn-teens-its-gay-to-smoke,14373/) [New BabySafe Ball Makes Shaking Your Infant Guilt And Injury Free](http://www.theonion.com/video/new-babysafe-ball-makes-shaking-your-infant-guilt,14342/) ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/11 "2010-09-15T02:37:10Z")
[Despondex](http://www.theonion.com/video/fda-approves-depressant-drug-for-the-annoyingly-ch,14310/) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/12 "2010-09-15T02:45:06Z")
> **[Funny Onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576678)** > > I thought first to update an old thread dealing with Onion videos, but decided to avoid the zombie issue by starting this thread and pointing to all the Onion threads (with “onion” in their title) that have been started this year and that are about... Funny Onion 09-01-2010, 10:55 AM ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/13 "2010-09-22T21:42:37Z")
From 1963: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cCLJieV9IY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cCLJieV9IY) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/14 "2010-09-22T21:54:19Z")
[How to find a masculine Halloween costume for your effeminate son](http://www.theonion.com/video/how-to-find-a-masculine-halloween-costume-for-your,14378/) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/15 "2010-09-22T22:00:42Z")
And my second favorite: [Giant crabs](http://www.theonion.com/video/experts-agree-giant-razorclawed-bioengineered-crab,14318/) ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/16 "2010-09-22T22:34:23Z")
[http://www.theonion.com/video/us-to-trade-gold-reserves-for-cash-through-cash4go,14346/](http://www.theonion.com/video/us-to-trade-gold-reserves-for-cash-through-cash4go,14346/) Always loved that one… Government to finance deficit by trading gold reserves at [cash4gold.com](http://cash4gold.com) ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/17 "2010-09-23T00:31:10Z")
[Study: Children Exposed To Pornography May Expect Sex To Be Enjoyable](http://www.theonion.com/video/study-children-exposed-to-pornography-may-expect-s,14326/) [Hot New Video Game Consists Soley of Shooting People Point-Blank in the Face](http://www.theonion.com/video/hot-new-video-game-consists-solely-of-shooting-peo,14325/) The recent one on Time magazine was pretty good too. ---
**Author:** ![Saganist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Saganist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saganist)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/18 "2010-09-23T16:50:00Z")
I’m a fan of the nihilistic ones: [Scientists teach gorilla it will die.](http://www.theonion.com/video/scientists-successfully-teach-gorilla-it-will-die,17165/) [Jacksonville Jaguars realize life has no meaning.](http://www.theonion.com/video/pregame-coin-toss-makes-jacksonville-jaguars-reali,14266/) ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/19 "2010-09-23T18:27:50Z")
> [@Yumblie](#): > > Some of my favorites are the meta ones: > > [Series of Concentric Circles Emanating from Glowing Red Dot](http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-series-of-concentric-circles-emanati,14204/) > > [Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere](http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-some-bullshit-happening-somewhere,16928/) Ahh, beat me to it. The “Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere” video cracks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-onion-video/553718/20 "2010-09-23T19:02:22Z")
[Multiple Stabbings May Be Harmful To Monkeys](http://www.theonion.com/video/study-multiple-stab-wounds-may-be-harmful-to-monke,14150/)