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23. How does The Onion stay in business?

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:28 PM

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It must be increasingly difficult to find subjects to parody that aren’t already self-parodying.

This bit of information reminds me that Kurt Cobain’s original name for his trio was to be “Fecal Matter,” but recording industry execs thought “Nirvana” was more marketable.

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