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▲Do You Have Pre-2012 Onion Issues? (theonion.com)
crtasm 2 hours ago [-]
>Certain issues of The Onion newspaper are mysteriously missing from our 270-year archive, and you might be able to help us recover them.
twiss 58 minutes ago [-]
I know everything they write is potentially a joke but I got curious when The Onion was founded; apparently it was in 1988, 38 years ago :)
a012 31 minutes ago [-]
It sounds like their archive contains 270 year old contents, not that they’re 270 year old company
twiss 26 minutes ago [-]
https://theonion.com/about-us/ says:

> Rising from its humble beginnings as a print newspaper in 1756, The Onion now enjoys a daily readership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history.

so I'm pretty sure it's just a joke.

plasticchris 13 minutes ago [-]
Seems legit, I trust them. They even filed an amicus brief with scotus
mooreds 4 minutes ago [-]
a012 17 minutes ago [-]
Yeah I know, nobody takes The Onion at face value. They like to play with words
mat_epice 50 minutes ago [-]
I was excited that I may have been able to help, but I just have issues from volumes 36 and 37... Perhaps this is for the best, as it would have deeply fed my pack rat tendencies.
ck2 36 minutes ago [-]
libraries sadly have to destroy old archives all the time

but it's not like a lost Doctor Who episode, it will show up eventually

meanwhile they can keep eerily predicting dystopia like the government televising executions for entertainment a year before it happens

mooreds 52 minutes ago [-]
Should have posted the direct link with more details about what they are looking for and how to help.

That's here: https://theonion.com/archivehunt/

tomhow 28 minutes ago [-]
Updated, thanks!
mooreds 5 minutes ago [-]
Title should actually be "Do you have pre-2014 Onion issues?"

Because they are looking for issues in 2012 and 2013 as well.

justuseAIbro 2 hours ago [-]
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johnnyApplePRNG 2 hours ago [-]
Did somebody steal these magazines or are they just being overly dramatic?
jandrese 27 minutes ago [-]
I'm guessing they lost their back issues due to neglect and sometimes tragedy. When people are first starting out they often don't think that in 30 years time they will want a physical copy of their joke periodical and warehouse space is always limited. When budgets get tight it is sometimes the storage bill that has to be cut.
sghiassy 1 hours ago [-]
Could also just be a joke - never know with the Onion ;)
_joel 1 hours ago [-]
They could have just lost them too, doesn't need to be nefarious.
Vaslo 42 minutes ago [-]
Hard to tell if the onion is trying to be funny?
striking 1 hours ago [-]
It was me. Just wait until they find out which of the 1920s issues I took.
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