The Onion print edition
Hacker ApprovedSatirical newspaper in Film, TV & podcasts
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.
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.
30 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 23
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 77%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 23 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Funny, sharp satire
“I've never laughed as hard at anything Lenny fucking Bruce said as I did at The Onions”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Are We Idiocracy Yet?” “the crazy stories in The Onion, the memes. That's all good.”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated” “My teen son loves The Onion.”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Majority of teens hold negative views of news media, says report” Real print paper delivered home
“Having a real newspaper is a novelty these days, almost like it's part of the joke, and you should subscribe.”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “Fedware: Government Apps That Spy Harder Than the Apps They Ban” “it's still a delight to get delivered and have it sitting around the house”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “So, you’d like to sell your print issues of The Onion?” “One of the highlights of trips to Milwaukee - picking up the latest Onion”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “So, you’d like to sell your print issues of The Onion?” - Comment from 27 Jul 2026 in “US DOT deleting bike lane references”
Good management and brand
“I'm a big fan of what their new(ish) management has been doing”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “So, you’d like to sell your print issues of The Onion?” “has been doing, in my opinion, a fantastic job with the brand”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “At long last, InfoWars is ours” Long history, lasting staying power
“The Onion has been around since 1988, so...decent staying power.”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “At long last, InfoWars is ours” “they might be better value than most of real newspapers”
Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “The Internet's Top Tech Publications Lost 58% of Their Google Traffic Since 2024”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Too political, less comedy
“used to be a humorous satire news site before wokenites took over”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “At long last, InfoWars is ours” “they're just pretentious and political”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Are We Idiocracy Yet?” “don't put activism over comedy”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Are We Idiocracy Yet?” Jokes feel angry or preachy
“the Onion school shooting joke strikes me as a satire of a strawman”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Are We Idiocracy Yet?” “It's only "funny" if you're pissed off about something.”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “At long last, InfoWars is ours”
What people said
26 of the 30 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The Onion (2013) was way ahead”
“finding the Onion on campus was a deciding factor”
“it's still a delight to get delivered and have it sitting around the house”
“his recurring column in earlier issues of The Onion were... memorable”
“One of the highlights of trips to Milwaukee - picking up the latest Onion”
“This was a big highlight for me working at Yonge/Dundas at the time.”
“realizing that it was really something special”
“I'm a big fan of what their new(ish) management has been doing”
“They had a mood swing ahead of the 2008 election, and truly hilarious characters like Herbert Kornfeld were canceled.”
“they can keep eerily predicting dystopia like the government televising executions for entertainment”
“their print newspaper is great though”
“used to be a humorous satire news site before wokenites took over”
“the crazy stories in The Onion, the memes. That's all good.”
“It's only "funny" if you're pissed off about something.”
“has been doing, in my opinion, a fantastic job with the brand”
“The Onion has been around since 1988, so...decent staying power.”
“the Onion school shooting joke strikes me as a satire of a strawman”
“I've never laughed as hard at anything Lenny fucking Bruce said as I did at The Onions”
“don't put activism over comedy”
“they're just pretentious and political”
“Having a real newspaper is a novelty these days, almost like it's part of the joke, and you should subscribe.”
“the finest news publication on the planet”
“they might be better value than most of real newspapers”
“Brands aren't actually things anymore, their purpose is to conceal things.”
“I too loved The Onion when I was a teen.”
“My teen son loves The Onion.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.