Look, I get it. The gargantuan shit-show that is U.S. politics and the American descent into fascism is on everyone’s minds. It’s certainly on mine.
But the point of this community is to highlight weird news stories that make you go, “By golly, I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion. You know, America’s finest news source.” A lot of stories being posted lately don’t even remotely fit that.
That doesn’t mean political stories aren’t allowed here, but they must have headlines that would make people pause and wonder if it’s a story from The Onion. Straight up regular, non Onion-y headlines don’t fit.
Fair point. These three aren’t great.
Since when was “fighter jet falls off aircraft carrier” satirical? This stuff does happen occasionally. It’s just an accident.
Most stuff on here belongs on aboringdystopia
The Alex Jones one actually gave me a good “That’s pretty Onion-y” hit.
Funnily enough that was the one in the list I least reacted to. It’s all subjective I’d imagine: It’s all nonsense, without question… but they all still technically fit the bill.
I mean the first two I’d give a pass.
It’s like “Yeah that bad thing is good, actually” - which is pretty standard fare for an onion article. Not exciting by any stretch but it technically qualifies.
…And the plane is just funny. Not as a taxpayer, per se - but objectively would get someone to do a double take.
The Alex Jones one is definitely something you could see in the onion.
The reason I posted the middle one is because it sounded a lot like a Onion title. It is crazy to me that a jet can just “fall off” something. Doesn’t weight a few tons?
Tens of tons for a modern fighter, and I think the f-18 is a bigger jet, too.
But, if you’ve ever seen how much a ship leans over in a hard turn, you can see it happening.
Wouldn’t they strap it down? Also wouldn’t The ship be big enough to not tip as much?
Forgive me for not having a deep understanding of aircraft carriers
They were moving it around with a tug at the time, both the tug and plane went overboard. It’s also why only that plane went over.
And a bigger ship will move less in waves, but from the footage I’ve seen, those carriers will lean something like thirty degrees in a hard turn.
Have you seen aircraft carriers? I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often.
No, I’ve never seen an aircraft carrier
They carry aircraft.