• Mothra@mander.xyz
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    I was laughing at the onion article and stopped- was that really published in 1998 ?!?!? Or is the date also a joke?

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      It reads like it's from 98. The references to Blockbuster and Bill Clinton tipped me off this was an old one.

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      Wikipedia says that The Onion has had a website since '96, so it's definitely possible! (Also, TIL The Onion has existed since 1988.)

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        I knew the onion is old, but didn't imagine they would keep a website with old articles still up!

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          Why not? It costs nothing, appart from transforming the old format into something the current site can work with, or more likely, have the old site support tbe old format.

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            Some media organizations have started nuking old articles to please the Google algorithm

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      It really is that old. According to their Supreme Court amicus brief: “Rising from its humble beginnings as a print newspaper in 1756, The Onion now enjoys a daily readership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history.” Seriously though, read that brief. It’s a masterful piece of satire.