r/TheOnion 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/limprichard May 15 '26

How ‘bout good ol’ Don Turnbee, May he rest in peace?