A lot of The Onion articles honestly aren’t that funny outside of the headline. Like, the joke is mostly just contained in the headline.
I remember reading that their writing process consists—or consisted, at one point—of writing funny headlines, picking a few of the best, and then writing an article for the headline. It’s why you have all those headlines without articles on The Onion. Those are the runner-ups.
A lot of The Onion articles honestly aren’t that funny outside of the headline. Like, the joke is mostly just contained in the headline.
I remember reading that their writing process consists—or consisted, at one point—of writing funny headlines, picking a few of the best, and then writing an article for the headline. It’s why you have all those headlines without articles on The Onion. Those are the runner-ups.