# The Onion print edition

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/onion/

21 people recommended The Onion print edition in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 11 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend the print edition as a fun, long-running satirical paper that is still a delight to receive and read at home. Critics say its political tone has soured and its jokes are less funny than before.

Summary written by Claude from 26 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Real print paper delivered home (4 comments in the sample): "Having a real newspaper is a novelty these days, almost like it's part of the joke, and you should subscribe." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581984)) "it's still a delight to get delivered and have it sitting around the house" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50055846)) "One of the highlights of trips to Milwaukee - picking up the latest Onion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051744))
- Funny, sharp satire (3 comments in the sample): "I've never laughed as hard at anything Lenny fucking Bruce said as I did at The Onions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47674800)) "the crazy stories in The Onion, the memes.  That's all good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47840789)) "My teen son loves The Onion." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846729))
- Good management and brand (2 comments in the sample): "I'm a big fan of what their new(ish) management has been doing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50048636)) "has been doing, in my opinion, a fantastic job with the brand" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838429))
- Long history, lasting staying power (2 comments in the sample): "The Onion has been around since 1988, so… decent staying power." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838179)) "they might be better value than most of real newspapers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47236035))

## What people warn about

- Too political, less comedy (3 comments in the sample): "used to be a humorous satire news site before wokenites took over" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47842187)) "they're just pretentious and political" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47674210)) "don't put activism over comedy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47674461))
- Jokes feel angry or preachy (2 comments in the sample): "the Onion school shooting joke strikes me as a satire of a strawman" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47680429)) "It's only "funny" if you're pissed off about something." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838872))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Onion print edition", https://hackerapproved.com/p/onion/ (21 recommend, 1 mixed, 6 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.