today at 8:23 PM
>Certain issues of The Onion newspaper are mysteriously missing from our 270-year archive, and you might be able to help us recover them.
today at 9:10 PM
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 :)
today at 9:37 PM
It sounds like their archive contains 270 year old contents, not that they’re 270 year old company
today at 9:42 PM
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.
today at 9:55 PM
Seems legit, I trust them. They even filed an amicus brief with scotus
today at 10:05 PM
Here's the amicus brief: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/2022...
today at 10:33 PM
Read the whole thing. Lots of onion-type gags in there.
today at 9:51 PM
Yeah I know, nobody takes The Onion at face value. They like to play with words
today at 9:18 PM
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.
today at 10:33 PM
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.
today at 9:33 PM
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
today at 8:37 PM
Did somebody steal these magazines or are they just being overly dramatic?
today at 9:42 PM
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.
today at 10:19 PM
They had a mood swing ahead of the 2008 election, and truly hilarious characters like Herbert Kornfeld were canceled.
https://theonion.com/cash-room-bitch-be-havin-my-shortie-181...
today at 10:41 PM
Herbert Kornfeld was the GOAT.
today at 8:58 PM
Could also just be a joke - never know with the Onion ;)
today at 8:45 PM
They could have just lost them too, doesn't need to be nefarious.
today at 9:26 PM
Hard to tell if the onion is trying to be funny?
today at 8:49 PM
It was me. Just wait until they find out which of the 1920s issues I took.
today at 9:16 PM
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/
today at 9:40 PM
Updated, thanks!
today at 10:04 PM
Title should actually be "Do you have pre-2014 Onion issues?"
Because they are looking for issues in 2012 and 2013 as well.
today at 8:33 PM
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