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[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fun fact: the Mars bar is marketed as a Milky Way in the U.S. There was a Mars bar in the U.S., but it had almonds. It has since been rebranded as Snickers Almond.

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So what's a milky way advertised as?

[–] spearz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] TotesIllegit@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

American here; you're spot on. The US/Mexico version of the Milky Way bar has a layer of caramel in addition to the nougat, and 3 Musketeers is essentially the global version of Milky Way. Our bars may be also bigger in size.

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[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Milky Way and the Mars bar were both created by the same person. And the Milky Way was created about 12 years earlier in Chicago. Forrest Mars went off to start his own Mars candy division in the UK after a fight with his dad.

I had a client that had a Mars heir as a client, and knew they were based in the DMV. I was curious how an American candy company with a candy bar named after the family ended up being created in the UK.

[–] NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did they get an office in the department of motor vehicles

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They didn't, they're just in the Delaware/Maryland/Virginia area.

[–] kryndis@lemmings.world 13 points 1 year ago

DMV stands for D.C./Maryland/Virginia in that context and refers to the D.C. metropolitan area.

What you're thinking of is the Eastern Shore peninsula, which is called Delmarva and is made up of parts of those three states.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can't tell me this isn't the exact way you'd expect this guy to look. He said he's gonna use his 2 quid settlement for more mars bars. I'm comforted.

[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

Excellent choice. I would.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A mars bar with no dick vein. Welp at leat the bloke got 2 pound(ing)s compensation.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great. Now that Mars buckled, everyone will be suing over their smooth candies. They may have made this case go away, but they'll soon be out tens, maybe even hundreds of pounds.

[–] SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Yup. Obviously a smooth brained idea

[–] BearGun@ttrpg.network 15 points 1 year ago

Now this is the kind of hard-hitting journalism I'm here for

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great. When did Mars go woke?

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tucker Carlson demands the return of the throbbing dick vein to the demasculated Mars bar.

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 11 points 1 year ago

Did they make him break it in two and mail it back first?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 1 year ago

the Dull Men’s Club Facebook page

They only paid him because it would be exciting and ruin his reputation as a dull man.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

Ironic that BBC reported it.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I used to send a complaint for faulty products to companies in my late teens/early 20's as I was low on money. Like once I got some energy drink in a bottle made for Pepsi. Same volume, no difference, but a mistake, so got 5€ for it so "won" like 3€ for that. I'd pick out products like that if I saw them in a shop for that very purpose.

Once I genuinely was annoyed though, as a soft drink company that filled the vending machine at our school had filled it wrong and I got what was essentially Fanta he I wanted an energy drink and it was fucking hard waking up that morning.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"Dull Men's Club" must be code for Mad Lads

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