So, You’d Like To Sell Your Print Issues Of The Onion?(theonion.com)
193 pointsby mooreds3 hours ago7 comments
  • crtasm2 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.
    • twissan hour 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 :)
      • a012an hour ago
        It sounds like their archive contains 270 year old contents, not that they’re 270 year old company
        • twissan hour 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.

  • dfxm124 minutes ago
    TIL The Onion goes back to at least 1988.

    Anyway, I'm a big fan of what their new(ish) management has been doing, especially with infowars. I hope they can get the issues they're looking for.

  • mat_epicean hour 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.
  • ck2an hour 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

  • johnnyApplePRNG2 hours ago
    Did somebody steal these magazines or are they just being overly dramatic?
    • jandresean hour 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.
    • sghiassy2 hours ago
      Could also just be a joke - never know with the Onion ;)
    • _joel2 hours ago
      They could have just lost them too, doesn't need to be nefarious.
    • Vasloan hour ago
      Hard to tell if the onion is trying to be funny?
    • striking2 hours ago
      It was me. Just wait until they find out which of the 1920s issues I took.
  • mooredsan hour 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/

    • tomhowan hour ago
      Updated, thanks!
      • mooreds33 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.

  • justuseAIbro2 hours ago
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