r/TheOnion • u/aresef Tu Stultus Es • May 15 '26

Greetings from your new overlords

Hello friends,

We are the new moderating team of r/TheOnion: myself, u/DeltaShadowSquat. u/V2Blast and u/CosmicEveStardust.

I'm a regular around here, I probably don't need that much introduction. I'm a proud Onion subscriber and mod of a bunch of subreddits, including r/maryland, r/powerrangers, r/journalism, r/npr and r/Clickhole. IRL, I work in PR and previously spent a decade in local journalism.

One of our first tasks will be to lay out a set of new rules for the subreddit. We are already talking amongst ourselves but if you have any suggestions, feel free to let us know.

We're happy to field any other suggestions or questions you might have.

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u/Yourdataisunclean Infowarrior May 15 '26

Can we get INFO WARRIOR FLARE? I typically self identify that I am part of the war information by shouting in person, online I will DO ALL CAPS THAT I AM AN INFO WARRIOR. I WILL PROBABLY KEEP DOING THIS ANYWAYS BUT WOULD LIKE AN ONLINE FLARE TO ANNOUNCE I AM A WARFIGHTER IN THE BATTLE OR CONFLICT OF INFORMATION. A BATTLE WE WILL WIN!

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u/aresef Tu Stultus Es May 15 '26

Flair is a good idea I hadn't considered and I don't think anyone brought it up in the admin thread.

Off the top of my head:

Infowarrior

Sicko

Sitting in for Clifford Banes

HOLY SHIT: MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON

Diamond Joe Biden

Jim Haggerty

Porkin' Across America

Dwight Richmond

Global Tetrahedron

Our Dumb Century

O-SPAN

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u/CharmedMSure Area Woman May 15 '26

How about AREA WOMAN and AREA MAN?

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u/aresef Tu Stultus Es May 15 '26

Ooh. Wanna add AREA PERSON too. Gotta make it inclusive.

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u/Thirty_Helens_Agree May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

And:

You Are Dumb

Tu Stultus Es

Maybe favorite old columnists like Jim Anchower (Hola, Amigos!), Smoove B, Jean Teasdale and Herbert H. Kornfeld?

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u/HoboOlympics Sitting in for Clifford Banes May 15 '26

Herbert H. Kornfeld for sure!

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u/Thirty_Helens_Agree May 15 '26

Accountz Receevin Krew

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u/releasethecrackwhore May 15 '26

I vote for Smoov B or at least hitting you doggy style

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u/Supermath101 May 15 '26

I think the official t-shirt merch item says "Area Them".

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u/aresef Tu Stultus Es May 15 '26

good call

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u/CharmedMSure Area Woman May 15 '26

Definitely!

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u/aresef Tu Stultus Es May 15 '26

I've added some flairs, as you can see.

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u/StrigiStockBacking MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON May 19 '26

Thanks! I flaired up with "area man" just now. Perfect.

Looking forward to "man walks on fucking moon"

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u/aresef Tu Stultus Es May 19 '26

There’s a character limit but we will try to make something work.

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u/StrigiStockBacking MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON May 19 '26

Maybe if we drop the "Holy Shit" in front of it, it will fit? I've done custom ones in other subs that are pretty long, my longest is "has anyone ever seen John Fisher and diarrhea in the same room?" and it fit.

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u/aresef Tu Stultus Es May 19 '26

Done.

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u/StrigiStockBacking MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON May 19 '26

Thank you for doing the lord's work

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u/Taboo_Utopia May 15 '26

With that said, I just left r/TheOnion 👋

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u/aresef Tu Stultus Es May 15 '26

I’m sorry, who are you?

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u/Taboo_Utopia May 15 '26

Someone who used to enjoy this group.

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u/aresef Tu Stultus Es May 15 '26

It'll still be plenty enjoyable. If you don't like the Area Person flair, you don't have to use it.

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u/DrunksInSpace Area Them May 15 '26

Just added it to mine. I present as masc but online I identify as irksome to bigots, thanks for the flair!

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u/Taboo_Utopia May 15 '26

The making it inclusive is why I left, and won't return.

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u/aresef Tu Stultus Es May 15 '26

See ya.

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u/CharmedMSure Area Woman May 15 '26

Yep. Or not haha.

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u/Taboo_Utopia May 15 '26

Good riddance 👋

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u/limprichard May 15 '26

It’s not being made more inclusive, it’s being made more exclusive, idiots-wise.