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[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 78 points 3 days ago

This is quite a paradox. It's a true story, not satire, meaning that it does belong on /c/nottheonion; and I would indeed look at the headline and think "That has got to be a story from The Onion, America's Finest News Source." But it's definitely about the satire newspaper and website The Onion, which is explicitly what this community is not about. It says so in the name!

[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 60 points 3 days ago

We don't have a community called "quantum superposition of onion", so this will have to do

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Seems like we both do and don't, which is the best possible outcome I think.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago

It's about The Onion, not in The Onion.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago
[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

Ah, new word unlocked.

Alliaceous is an adjective meaning to resemble, smell, or taste like garlic or onions. It often describes plants belonging to the Allium genus, such as leeks, chives, and shallots, which are characterized by their pungent, pungent, and savory scent.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Thank you, saved me the trouble of looking it up! There's a word I'll probably never find occasion to use.

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago

But I would really love to.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Next time someone doesn't put enough onion in a dish you can ask for it to be "more alliacious."

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

They're pungent and pungent!

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Sorry, yeah. I'm using it to mean "of or relating to onions."

[-] forrgott@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago

No shit. I thought you meant in relation to garlic. Thank you for clarifying.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 3 days ago
[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I have decided by fiat that it is, in fact, une pipe.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

If it's a pipe, then let's see you try to smoke something out of it

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Well you can also pronounce the name of the community as "not the onion" as in "oh no its the onion!"

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Run for your lives!

this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2026
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