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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 51 minutes ago

will someone please tell these people about the dry ranch packets that you just mix with milk or butter milk.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I remember the first time I had ranch dressing at a friend's house, I couldn't wait to come home and tell my mom there was something other than oil and vinegar for salad.

Turns out she already knew that. We didn't have ranch dressing because of something called "too expensive." Can you believe that?

Man, she pulled that excuse out for everything.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 17 points 5 hours ago

Don't tell me what to do you're not my real dad

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 36 points 17 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

For... Ranch dressing? Which brand? Or a plot by the Ranch Dressing Council?

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

It's like the got milk campaign. Just all milk. All ranch.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

Finally another person that can spot them.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 33 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

All these posts make it sound like people just discovered the US for the first time ever. It’s just clickbait/trend bandwagoning.

[–] valar@lemmy.ca 42 points 20 hours ago (13 children)

There are a lot of people visiting the US for the first time for the world cup

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[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 13 points 16 hours ago
[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 148 points 1 day ago (33 children)

Meanwhile, a German influencer named Freddy, who keeps his face hidden on X, recently went viral with his hilarious and enthusiastic reactions to trying fast food staples like Taco Bell, Waffle House and Buc-ee’s.

Aside from calling Taco Bell “the holy land,” he shared a picture of his chicken and fries platter from Raising Cane’s and wrote, “lives were changed. The soccer fan was undeniably impressed by Waffle House, writing about his 1 a.m. visit: “Great food, great prices, and friendly staff. 10/10, we will be coming back.”

Brother, if Taco Bell got you that excited you should try the real stuff. If you’re at a match in the US where any Latin American country is playing I guarantee there is an abuela in the parking lot/on the sidewalk selling food out of a cooler that will explode your European palate and send you directly to heaven.

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Reminds me of this poem I heard

When I first moved to the states

The bottom fell out of my world

Then I discovered taco bell

Not the world falls out of my bottom

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 28 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Brother, if Taco Bell got you that excited you should try the real stuff. If you’re at a match in the US where any Latin American country is playing I guarantee there is an abuela in the parking lot/on the sidewalk selling food out of a cooler that will explode your European palate and send you directly to heaven.

I hate when people say this, because they clearly don't actually understand the Taco Bell dynamic. They assume it's trying to be something it isn't.

Taco Bell is not Mexican food, and they do not claim to be Mexican Food. Their items are vaguely latin-inspired, and they generally use the same 5 or so ingredients that most Mexican food uses in various shapes and sizes, but nowhere on their marketing or website will you find a claim that they make Mexican food. They don't claim to, and they don't claim to be authentic. Expecting that or even comparing it to that, is disingenuous at best, and actively stupid at worst.

Taco Bell is its own thing. I'm in Arizona, there's Mexican food literally on every corner. Most good, some excellent, very little bad, because it just doesn't aurvive. Yet 9/10 people I see at Taco Bell are some flavor of Hispanic. There's a reason they go there, and it's not because they want Mexican food.

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[–] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 79 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

He's from Germany. 

Anything less bland than an American chain might kill him.

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Germans like it scharf and they love sarcasm

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 36 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

I'm loving the cultural exchange the world cup is providing, euros now understand why we're so fat when the food's this fire!

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