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[-] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 231 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Does hosting a fake news show qualify as a real job?

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 months ago

Unfortunately. And it's more unfortunate that so many people believe it.

[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

Nah she just larping as a journalist

[-] a9249@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 months ago

In Soviet Russia we just call that a propaganda officer.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Same shit in the US to anyone that has two brain cells to rub together.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Got a sharpie, a map and large boobs? You could be a famous weatherman! Al Rocker has large boobs and a sharpie and a map. I rest my case.

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[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 128 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

...Says the talking sex doll masquerading as a reporter.

[-] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 months ago

Must be a cheap model. Fox should spend a little more on their sex dolls.

[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 11 points 4 months ago

I can’t put my finger on it but something about these people look like they’re wearing human skin. What polluted swamp did they crawl out of?

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 71 points 4 months ago

I'm a federal employee and have been for 25 years.

Some years back my parents were visiting from Florida and asked to borrow a car (I had two), and I said sure. Then, later, I said something about how busy work had been, and my father starts laughing at how funny that is - and calls my older brother - so they can share a laugh about me "working hard". Both lifelong Republicans, I will note.

I was like, hey, did you want to borrow the car that my hard work paid for, or not?

When I called them out on it, they said I was absolutely correct and apologized.

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

When I called them out on it, they said I was absolutely correct and apologized.

You see, this story I could believe until you said a republican actually conceded being wrong, I don't know if I can believe that...

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 68 points 4 months ago

Federal workers to Fox: "Get fucked."

[-] scripthook@lemmy.world 66 points 4 months ago

The irony that a News Anchor is telling Federal Workers to get a "real job" when she could get one herself

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

A Fox anchor at that. Like, you literally have a job because you're a blonde moron. Take a seat babe.

[-] urandom@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

Are you saying she's a DEI?

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago
[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 59 points 4 months ago

That's a bold statement coming from a actor on Fox news

[-] cupcakezealot 57 points 4 months ago

Bold card for someone who puts on makeup and reads a teleprompter for 3 hours a week.

[-] hovercat 15 points 4 months ago

Bold to think they can read, and aren't just ad-libbing whatever wet fart of a thought enters their head.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 47 points 4 months ago

Imagine saying this to someone who works at NASA.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 24 points 4 months ago

The moon landing was fake. Unlike all the blonde hairs of the fox hosts. These are all totally naturally blonde and wavy.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

"Totally, tremendously real. Trust me, I know real. I can, 100%, totally confirm that her hair—like my tremendously great hair—is real. No doubts. Everyone else saying it's fake—they're fake. Fake news. Don't believe what the Democrats are saying. It's Hillary's fault. With all this AI, nobody can tell. They think it's fake. They think everything is fake. I'll tell you. Her hair, my hair. It's real. All real. True American hair. Didn't even need a hair dresser. Just wake up with great hair. All day. Every day."

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 39 points 4 months ago

Right back at ya bitch

[-] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago

I think that comment works better the other way around.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Crazy that Village Idiot is one of the most coveted jobs in America.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago

Funny how they’ll say this to federal workers, but they won’t say shit to the military who are living the socialist dream.

[-] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, and if you ever ask a vet what they did, unless they'd been to literal war, they're going to tell you that they were basically just put in charge of stocking a broom closet and were bored 95% of the time.

Edit: just want to add that I do respect the military, and if anyone wants to tell me why I'm wrong, I'd love to hear lol

[-] RenegadeTwister@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

It's okay, you're allowed to not respect the military if you want.

[-] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago
[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

My mom was a mechanic in the army and never got deployed. For her mandatory four years, she just fixed trucks in the day and got wasted with other mechanics at night. She says it was a job, not actual service. She doesn't consider herself a veteran because she didn't do jack shit.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

One of my call center buddies was in charge of receiving requests for freight transport and asking his NCO to approve them. His NCO say directly behind him. So he'd stare at a computer screen until a request came in, turn around, ask for approval which would be framed, then turn back around and click the approve button.

[-] nomy@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago

They won't say shit to the military yet.

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 33 points 4 months ago

Huffing Donald Trump's farts isn't a "job."

[-] loaf@sh.itjust.works 32 points 4 months ago

Self-awareness: this woman lacks it.

[-] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

Get a real job says interchangable blonde who wears red dresses that has been on fox since it's inception.

[-] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

She had blonde dye #2 and hairstyle #4.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And many of the people I've talked to among different agencies are taking this offer. Those that were sort of close to retirement, for example December and the like.

So wait, is this dumb bitch expecting us to believe these people are forgoing their entire retirement for a few months pay? Or does she expect us to believe that retiring them a few months early and saving one or two months pay (basically fucking pennies) is saving significant government money? I genuinely don't know what else she could mean.

I guess that's what they do though. Throw out useless anecdotes, say it's a good thing, and let the user generate feelings based off it while having no idea what it actually means.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 10 points 4 months ago

Right, these are likely people with fully vested pensions basically taking terminal leave above and beyond their accumulated leave. Most feds can accumulate 240 hours of leave to be cashed out on retirement. Trump basically offered people nearing retirement the opportunity to cash out 1280 hours. Much efficiency. Very cost savings.

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

This. And there is no way Trump will keep any "deal" that costs him money. He has literally built his business around stiffing contractors. No one should trust him or expect him to keep his word.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

It's not his money though, it's ours

[-] Fontasia@feddit.nl 26 points 4 months ago

"Get a real job" says person to audience who view her as a walking uterus

[-] meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 months ago

Ah, the Fox Business brain trust peddles its economic logic—golden parachutes for public servants framed as fiscal savviness. “Get a real job” drips with the private sector’s trademark disdain for anyone not chasing quarterly bonuses. Federal work—infrastructure, disaster response, public health—reduced to a punchline in their profit-worshiping catechism.

The arithmetic is perfect: swap lifelong stability for a one-time payout and genuflect before the gig economy’s algorithmic altar. Feast on capitalism’s crumbs before the vultures pick the bones clean. When has short-termism ever collapsed industries or gutted pensions? The real crisis? A world where civil service is mocked while hedge fund carnage gets tax breaks.

[-] PhoreTwunny@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

I hope someone punches her in the mouth.

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago

I'm sorry, does a "Fox host" do more than just sit around shit talking and making shit up all day? Maybe they should "get a real job"

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[-] raynethackery@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Right back at you.

[-] DrPop@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Even if I wanted to take the deal I'd have to work until 5/15 anyway because of the agency I work for. I haven't heard of anyone taking it around me.

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[-] DrPop@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Exactly why I didn't take the deal.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 4 months ago

Really hoping a lot of those federal workers were active voters that were on the fence..

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

You think votes are ever going to matter again?

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