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Texas Blocks Law That Would Ban Gun Stores From Operating Inside Psych Wards (theonion.com)
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[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 116 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Damn I ate the whole ass onion

[–] No1@aussie.zone 29 points 1 month ago

Me: 'This apple tastes kinda funny'.

takes another big bite

[–] Bubs12@lemmy.cafe 14 points 1 month ago

This got me so hard that the first time I read the community name, I saw “Nottheonion”

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I was just about to open the article and see what fucked up excuse they had this time...

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 11 points 1 month ago

As did I. Shit makes sense (in Texas) to be honest.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh wow. I saw this headline over on Reddit and I ate the onion.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 25 points 1 month ago

Could be a real headline, honestly.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 13 points 1 month ago

Didn't see on Reddit, but also ate it and realized the second time I saw the headline lol.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kinda sad for the state of Texas that I thought this was a genuine article. Got me on this one Onion.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

From Texas. Me too.

[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

This one got me. I was already running it through my head why in the world they would want that before I saw what it was on.

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I definitely ate this onion because it sounds like only one of the more mildly troubling laws that would come from any recent state legislative session.

[–] kofe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I was thinking there's no way Texas would be that progressive 💀

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm mildly concerned it took me a good 5 seconds to notice it was the onion.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

All I will say is thank you. I'm not admitting anything else though, nor can I deny or confirm that I have onion breath.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Holy fuck, they got me with this one.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

because they set it in Texas.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

same, first time in a while

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Not convinced this is satire. Reality’s fucked.

[–] martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 month ago

I see that the Onion Prediction Engine is operating at 💯% efficiency

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Another checking in. They got me too.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait. Is this actually a thing?

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Onions are pretty good when fried.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

The only way to stop a nazi psycopath with gun, is a stalinist psycopath with a gun!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

the... onion... dot... com... hell there's no way that didn't happen.

[–] m3t00@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

best gun customers live there