people say bluesky isn't doing anything new or interesting but that's not quite true: this site has developed the first new way to get mad at the onion in 30 years
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I didn't realize Kat Abu was dating Tim Onion but that does explain why she was livestreaming from the Onion headquarters election night despite not working there
my only question is why is this still being talked about? this is like, an afternoon’s worth of drama, AT MOST. (i don’t care either way about the issue, tbh)
The rise of concern-trolling is indicative of the strength of the platform. ConcernTrolls feed off of the scraps of the greatest shitposters and elevate their posting™️
Just the other day I was wondering why there is no monstrous woman who dares to drink coffee with her husband or the scumbag who makes her neighbor a pot of chili? Is Bluesky not going to have any scenes of such atrocities?
They probably shoulda been more thoughtful given it was always going to break containment, but people treating it like a conflict of interest don't understand what that means (insert Princess Bride gif). His comments on her candidacy were an unforced error, too. It's a nonstory, nevertheless.
That’s the problem with Bluesky currently, there’s no joking around or anything. When people are being annoying know it all moral high grounders we should probably tell them to stop or smth idk
okay? Why is it scandalous for a "carpetbagging" politician to date the publisher of a humor newspaper. Like, if you think that her "carpetbagging" is a scandal, that's really stupid, but I guess I can see why it could bother someone. How does that make her dating Tim Onion a scandal?
I hope your answer at least tries to make some kind of logical sense rather than just saying, "she's a carpetbagger so everything she does is by definition bad." Because that's even more stupid.
The owner of the Onion's girlfriend is campaigning for a political position. He didn't declare publicly that she is his girlfriend. This is apparently a breach of journalistic integrity.
(Also now there is a secondary row about if it's ableist to invite someone to dinner).
It's so stupid. Even accepting that "journalistic integrity" applies, since it's the Onion, disclosing that she's his GF would probably produce confusion, not clarity.
Also, did the Onion endorse her? I don't think individual people have a particularly strong moral obligation to publicly disclose their relationship to candidates they support.
I'm enjoying the ablism fight. It's also so, so stupid. Like Tim Onion would have refused if the stupid guy had responded: "No, but I'd be happy to do a zoom."
Actually, I did disclose almost exactly that when I was saying something kind about a politician. It was something like "The second coming of Jerry Brown is all kinds of awesome, but my wife and he worked out at the same gym and I'm biased in favor of politicians I've met."
Even in this context, I had a moment of horror that the story might be true (because the T* administration really is that stupid) before I confirmed that it was an Onion story.
i initially thought this referred to elderly people who didn’t know or understand it’s a satirical publication and now I know it’s something infinitely more idiotic
Shorter this nontroversy: Ben Collins is apparently dating Kat Abughazaleh, and b/c he used to be a journalist he needs to keep everyone updated on that relationship.
The guy who runs the onion lives in an apartment with a lady, and he didn't tell the bsky weirdos. They are being super normal. Mr Onion was chill about it and they got really mad about that
there are some truly hysterical people out there. had to unfollow some big accounts (lord businessman and fig economy) because their RAGE at Ben specifically wasn’t just absurd but also completely inscrutable to me. A certain type of internet lib is really mad about this. I have no idea why
I wish I hadn't missed the meat of this meltdown, but one thing that is occurring to me, reading through everything way late, is "do the people yelling at KA and BC believe they are purposefully harming the dems electoral chances" / "do they believe KA and BC aren't on the same team as them?"
I feel like a lot of people in Bluesky can’t take jokes / are jerks to anyone who slightly disagrees with them about anything and I’m not talking about politics
The problem is that, in the years since the Onion chose the “America’s finest news source” branding, a high proportion of their satire has proven prophetic & all the finer sources have become less fine than it
I havent even been able to understand the issue people are trying to articulate about why this upsets them. How many votes does something like this even move one way or another?
People who already don't like Kat Abu found out she's dating Tim Onion, and now are very concerned about Ethics in Satire Journalism and of a candidate 6 weeks into a candidacy dating a member of the "media" without disclosing it yet.
This is completely serious. Unlike those making this an issue.
Some shitlib is angry at the guy running The Onion because he's dating a congressional candidate and didn't disclose their relationship like he's not just a satirist (well, "just a satirist" does a disservice to The Onion's quality)
I got into a disagreement with someone the other day on here when she said the Onion sucked because the last Kelly comic was misogynistic. I honestly thought she didn't understand it was satire, but apparently she did - she just didn't find it funny. Anyways I got blocked, ha ha
he better be careful with a neck like that or granny will have him full of stuffing and in the oven before he can say "what in the.. I said what in the f...."
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Seems like a political hitjob to me
This is not how campaign finance law works even before Citizens United blew the doors straight off donation restrictions.
Somehow this is his fault.
(Also now there is a secondary row about if it's ableist to invite someone to dinner).
The fuck.
Up.
We're living in an age where we'll take a headline like this seriously (like 𝘐 did) until you realize who it's from!
https://bsky.app/profile/theonion.com/post/3lp7rq5xo722b
Shorter this nontroversy: Ben Collins is apparently dating Kat Abughazaleh, and b/c he used to be a journalist he needs to keep everyone updated on that relationship.
THEYRE VILLAINS I TELL YOU
VILLAINS
….
There’s dozens of us
Please subscribe to my YouTube channel where I'll have Sargon of Akkad on to discuss why satirical journalists won't go out with me.
This is completely serious. Unlike those making this an issue.
I saw the sandwich. It’s grounds to cancel him and his family line for seven generations.
But for failing to disclose earlier that he’s dating a political candidate running for an election that’s well over a year away?
These are not serious people, but they are tedious.
You monster.
*the dumbest people alive
WAIT THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME KELLY!!!!!
This is the very definition of a manufactured controversy. There is nothing for people to be mad about!