this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2026
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Not The Onion

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TL;DR => Look at the pinned post in this community.

Far too many posts in this community are just "Wow, the racist man did something hella racist?" and somehow that is supposed to be like the Onion. Nothing funny, super depressing, not like the Onion. We can all look at the news, we know what villainy and buffoonery is happening in the USA. Stop turning this into a USA/Isreal politics community.

When posting: read the headline and think to yourself "Is this something that insert racist/bigot who is incompetent would do?" If it is a yes, don't post it. Some political things can be like the Onion but IRL, but the vast majority on this community are just depressing reality where the punchline is that they are evil and stupid. So what!? Join a political humor community. The mods already said this stuff wasn't welcome in this community in the pinned post.

To keep this community funny, ridiculous, and bordering on IRL satire, and point this out to people who post stuff that doesn't fit here. Dont engage (upvote), just comment "this isnt the community for politics" and reference the mod post.

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[–] OpenStars@piefed.social -1 points 4 days ago

“this isnt the community for politics” (mod post)

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