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A North Carolina man is facing multiple felony charges after he broke into a Little Caesars after closing time and started making and selling pizzas, according to police. It happened Sunday, the day after a massive snow storm hit the state, and the suspect kept all the money for himself, the Kinston Police Department said in a Feb. 2 news release.

An arrest was made after the suspect tried to break into the shop a second time, police said.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 175 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Two reactions:

Who says no one wants to work anymore?

And:

the suspect kept all the money for himself

Labor is entitled to all it creates!

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Aren't the people making and delivering the ingredients entitled to something?

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True, but so is payroll and he did his own. Along with staff scheduling and floor management. Did he clean up and shit down properly? Idk I'm not reading the article. It probably all evens out.

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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 79 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That man does not like wasted capital.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 89 points 2 months ago

Seized the means of production

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Alright this is my plan. We get jobs as tellers. Work there for 10 to 15 years. Retire, and take those bastards for all they are worth!"

"...Man, that's called getting a job!"

[–] pootzapie@lemy.lol 22 points 2 months ago

Walk right out the front door

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[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So... the how good was the pizza?

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Little Caesar’s is extremely precise, like down to the fraction of a penny, with everything they do, hence how they keep costs low. It was for sure different. Better? I guess it depends on how you like the ratio of their ingredients.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Their pizza isn’t bad, for a large pizza that you can walk in the door and walk out with without calling ahead, and which costs less than ten dollars American in the year of Our Lord J-Town two thousand twenty and six.

It’s actually pretty remarkable given those conditions.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

If you don't mind spending a little extra, Costco has the best $10 pizza. They only offer pepperoni or cheese in my neck of the woods, but it is large and delicious.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Also worth noting that Costco doesn’t require a membership for their fresh food, pharmacy, or (depending on where you live, and your local liquor laws) liquor store. You can just tell the greeter that you’re there for the pizza, and they’ll wave you through.

Their pharmacy is often one of the cheapest, and the pharmacy techs at my local Costco are all super helpful. Apparently working in pharmacies is pretty soul-sucking, but my local employees always seem to be in a good (and not just artificial “retail smile” good) mood.

And yes, the Costco brand vodka is every bit as good as Grey Goose.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i heard they cracked down on non-members in the stores now.

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hot and ready ,I'm gonna guess..

[–] Jestzer@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] Jestzer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

On a less related meme

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[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

It’s all right…just don’t let it get cold

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There was some guy I want to say in Wisconsin that worked at a zoo. Collecting parking fees for like 30 years and kept all the money. And got away with it. Nobody knew who hired him evidently, nobody did.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was way off. Seems to be an urban legend from Bristol. U. K.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I live in Bristol, it may very well not be an urban legend. This happened at Bristol zoo, in the carpark there. Thing was, the zoo staff assumed he worked for the council and the council workers assumed he worked for the zoo. He was always very polite, turned up on time every day, looked the part. There are lots of people who say they remember him. This went on for many years, until one day he just stopped. Retired, I guess.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[–] madjo@piefed.social 23 points 2 months ago (7 children)
[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Baking a pizza?!?? A succulent Italian pizza??!??

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He kept all the money for himself. Wouldn't have been a problem had he rendered unto Caesar what is Caesar's.

[–] madjo@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

But he did the work, not Caesar.

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[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 months ago

"Nobody wants to work"

[–] AccoSpoot@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is the future Communists want.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

If seizing the means of production gets me extra pepperoni without an upcharge, I fail to see the downside

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If I were president, this would be allowed. You get to keep all profits until the store manager cares as much as you and gets their ass there to tell you to stop.

Any store. Any business. It'd revitalize this nation overnight.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (9 children)

This would turn Japan into an economic superpower overnight. How tf do you run a bar that's only open 5 hours a week?

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Et two large pepperoni with pineapple

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 16 points 2 months ago

Sigh, and he could have gotten away with it, but he got greedy. A lesson for us all. On an unrelated matter, does anyone know where the nearest Little Ceasars is located? Just curious, really.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

So what I'm hearing is that one should break in with a balaclava and paint to blackout the cameras. Sell the pizza once, and choose a different pizza shop next time.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

Chaotic good

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Hasn't this happened at a little Caesars before? I swear it was a Florida man thing a few years back.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They featured that guy on the HBO series Florida, Man. He broke in while high as a kite to get a drink, and ended up getting caught when he went back a second time to get something else

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was he naked? I feel like the guy I remember was naked.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yep. The short guy from Workaholics played him so he was in tighty whiteys, not butt naked

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Please, God, let this be a repeat offender.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago
[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

On that grindset.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago

Sigh, and he could have gotten away with it, but he got greedy. A lesson for us all. On an unrelated matter, does anyone know where the nearest Little Ceasars is located? Just curious, really.

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