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How To Make A Website Fart Whenever Someone Scrolls. Yes, Really.

It’s been a tough week for The Onion — it was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army — but it really knocked this one home. Fart Scroll. Code to make your website fart.


How The Onion Was Hacked By The Syrian Electronic Army

It was tough to tell for sure if The Onion really had been hacked earlier this week or if it was all just a joke. Now the website has explained exactly how its Twitter account was compromised by the Syrian Electronic Army.


The Onion Explains Exactly How Much Your Social Media Cred Is Worth

With some characteristically sharp little jabs, The Onion makes it clear exactly how much all your online friends are worth with this great little clip. And still, I have to admit I’m a little jealous of Wasserman’s follower count. I mean, damn.


The Onion: Apple’s New iPhone Comes With A Pre-Cracked Screen

Apple is really targeting a niche market with its newest device — an iPhone geared towards college/university girls that comes with an already shattered screen. I mean, they’re going to crack it at some point, so why not just get it out of the way?


What Your Favourite App Really Thinks Of You

Your favourite apps are there to cater to your every whim. At least until it’s time to cater to the whims of a monolith that wants to know your personal details and is willing to pay top dollar for them. Here’s what you really mean to the photo-sharing services — and basically everything else — of the world, compliments of The Onion.


The Onion Reveals Facebook’s Secret History

The Onion’s Extremely Accurate History of the Internet rolls on, this time shining a light on social networks, YouTube and Hitler. Yep, that sounds like the internet!


Report: Apple To Fix Its Terrible Maps By Rearranging The World

The Onion has some intel on Apple’s solution to the Apple Maps debacle. Instead of just fixing the app, Tim Cook & Co. are just going to alter the earth’s geography.


This Onion TED Parody Has A Dog Eating Apple Pie

I’m sure the new Onion’s TED parody is funny, but I was just too impatient to sit through all that talk about how we consume, digest and poop out news even before they are fully written. So I jumped to the end, when a dog eats an apple pie, a moment I’ve waited to see in detail since they released their series trailer.


The Onion Explains Social Media More Accurately Than Anyone Has Before

The Onion’s TED parody series rolls on with what may be the best — and most scathing — round yet. The target this time? Social media, a joyous place where ideas are a waste of time, and talent is irrelevant.


The History Of The Internet, According To The Onion

From the first microbial ooze to your most recent Facebook poke, the internet’s history is as vast and varied as any major civilisation. Since a subject of this importance deserves only the most stringent satirical savaging, The Onion has — thankfully, blessedly — turned its gaze towards the bits and bytes that have been our ruin and salvation.


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