The Onion: 20 Years Later
A weekly review by @jamesdasilva.bsky.social of The Onion from 20 years ago (print and web).
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- 20 years ago this week, The Onion mentioned Roger Federer for the 1st time. Also, The Onion jokes that e-mail takes up 30% of the workday — 6 years before McKinsey confirmed this! Much more in this look at The Onion’s web-only jokes from early February 2006. open.substack.com/pub/onion20/...
- Reviewing The Onion's website: Feb. 1-7, 2006. Bush celebrates Groundhog Day in Iraq, plus jokes about Roger Federer, Roger Ebert, Ed Begley Jr., cartoons depicting Muhammad, and more. onion20.substack.com/p/reviewing-... #theonion #satire
- 20 years ago today, @TheOnion.com imagined a federal Department of Corruption. Plus, we learn about the dangers of network-TV violence invading our real lives, black boxes for balloons, BlackBerry’s legal troubles, and much more from Feb. 1, 2006! onion20.substack.com/p/2006-the-o...
- 20 years ago, The Onion created a Department of Corruption. Plus, jokes about TV causing violence, Michael J. Fox, Al-Qaeda No. 2s, BlackBerry, rival "dead kid foundations" and the idea of a wife. onion20.substack.com/p/2006-the-o... #theonion #satire
