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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 4 points 47 minutes ago (2 children)

It can be one of three scenarios IMO:

A: Elon is being particularly dumb and actually produced and distributed drugs with his logo.

B: The Trump Regime created and planted these drugs to manufacture a reason to prosecute Elon.

C: Some drug distributor is a huge fan of SpaceX, or wants to deflect investigation away from their other operations.

...the world being the way it is, all three seems pretty damn plausible to me. 😕

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 3 points 31 minutes ago

definitely c. you ever seen shitty weed packaging thats an obvious reference to Rick and Morty, trump, etc? looks like that culture has made its way to cocaine now

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 35 minutes ago

I figure it's a bit more like option C, with a bit of knockoff mentality going on. You know how you can find pictures online of super cheap knockoff merch from like China or some African countries? That's what I'm thinking is going on here.

[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

Plane full of drugs crashes. Police are still investigating if it was involved in drug trafficking... what?

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 30 minutes ago* (last edited 29 minutes ago)

This would actually make a lot of things start to make a lot more sense compared to any non cocaine related explanations. If it is real, it's definitely not just Elon.

Kash Patel? Stephen Miller?

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

I love how they have to note it was "fake space x packaging." I don't believe that for a second. This was probably elons weekend stash and he is going to be quite upset.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

Musk switching away from Ketamine?

[–] Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

MDMA pills are often branded with various logos from all sorts of companies and IPs (without permission, of course), so I imagine it was something similar to that.

a pile of "Orange Teslas" MDMA pills

[–] Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz 2 points 52 minutes ago
[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Foreshadowing for the next launch.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 42 points 10 hours ago

oh no, Elon's weekly supply!!

[–] Blackdoomax@sh.itjust.works 32 points 10 hours ago

How do they know it's a fake spaceX packaging? Seems legit to me.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 55 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Phew, at least the SpaceX branded ketamine got through.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[–] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 39 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Wow! I wonder what will happen to those 178kgs of cocaine they found!

[–] ne0phyte@feddit.org 29 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It wouldn't even surprise me if some of the 150kg of cocaine went missing.

[–] frittoBee@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Someone really ought to take care of the 120 kg of cocaine.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

80 kilos of cocaine is quite a lot, it really should be disposed of safely.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

good thing 40 kilos is exactly what fits in the evidence room

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Now, to find out who was going to receive those 20kg of cocaine

[–] admin@lemmy.today 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

All got burned with the plane on crashsite

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Just like the weed we found sir, it was also burned, in very small portions.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

Is anybody feeling snacks? I'm feeling snacks man

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 99 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Well there goes Elon's Doordash. Definitely not getting that $10 tip now.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 70 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This is ridiculous.

Elon never tips.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 19 points 13 hours ago

Not entirely true, he'll tip if you carry his baby to term. Sometimes he'll even tip in horses.

[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 170 points 22 hours ago (11 children)

I remember when a business jet packed to the gills with cocaine crashed and when they investigated, it turned out to be owned by a CIA shell company and previously used to shuttle people to Guantanamo for torture after an extraordinary rendition

https://asnc.flightsafety.org/wikibase/321868

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

There's a Tom Cruise movie of historical value.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 9 hours ago

Wow, the CIA sure is serious about ~~fueling their parties~~ INVESTIGATING DRUG LORDS

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[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 212 points 22 hours ago (8 children)

Federal police are still investigating whether the aircraft was involved in drug trafficking

Um....

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 106 points 22 hours ago

finally an article that's oniony beyond the headline

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 81 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Maybe it was just for personal use

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Well, I was workin' on my farm 'bout 1982

Pullin' up some corn and a little carrot, too

When two low-flying aeroplanes, 'bout a hundred feet high

Dropped a bunch of bales of somethin', some hit me in the eye

So I cut a bale open, and man, was I surprised

Bunch of large sized baggies with big white rocks inside

So I took a little sample to my crazy brother Joe

He sniffed it up and kicked his heels, said, "Horton, that's some blow"

**Bales of cocaine fallin' from low-flyin' plane

I don't know who done dropped 'em, but I thank 'em just the same

Bales of cocaine, fallin' like the pourin' rain

My life changed completely by the low-flyin' planes**

So I loaded up them bales in my pick-em-up truck

Headed west for Dallas, where I would try my luck

I didn't have a notion if I could sell 'em there

30 minutes later, I was a millionaire

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