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ZeroCool to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 1 month ago

Texas Blocks Law That Would Ban Gun Stores From Operating Inside Psych Wards

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Texas Blocks Law That Would Ban Gun Stores From Operating Inside Psych Wards

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ZeroCool to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 1 month ago
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AUSTIN, TX—Touting the party-line vote as a major victory for the Second Amendment, the Texas House of Representatives successfully blocked a bill last week that would have prevented gun stores from operating inside of hospital psychiatric wards. “The government has no place infringing on the rights of honest business owners trying to sell semiautomatic handguns and rifles to […]
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  • @iamericandre@lemmy.world
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    116•1 month ago

    Damn I ate the whole ass onion

    • @No1@aussie.zone
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      29•1 month ago

      Me: ‘This apple tastes kinda funny’.

      takes another big bite

    • @Bubs12@lemmy.cafe
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      14•1 month ago

      This got me so hard that the first time I read the community name, I saw “Nottheonion”

    • @HowAbt2day@futurology.today
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      11•1 month ago

      As did I. Shit makes sense (in Texas) to be honest.

  • FaceDeer
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    46•1 month ago

    Oh wow. I saw this headline over on Reddit and I ate the onion.

    • @jonne@infosec.pub
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      25•1 month ago

      Could be a real headline, honestly.

    • Derpgon
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      13•1 month ago

      Didn’t see on Reddit, but also ate it and realized the second time I saw the headline lol.

  • @Kirp123@lemmy.world
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    34•1 month ago

    Kinda sad for the state of Texas that I thought this was a genuine article. Got me on this one Onion.

    • @fartographer@lemmy.world
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      6•1 month ago

      From Texas. Me too.

  • you_are_dust
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    34•1 month ago

    This one got me. I was already running it through my head why in the world they would want that before I saw what it was on.

  • CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N
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    27•1 month ago

    I definitely ate this onion because it sounds like only one of the more mildly troubling laws that would come from any recent state legislative session.

    • @kofe@lemmy.world
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      6•1 month ago

      I was thinking there’s no way Texas would be that progressive 💀

  • Rozaŭtuno
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    21•1 month ago

    I’m mildly concerned it took me a good 5 seconds to notice it was the onion.

    • D_C
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      6•1 month ago

      All I will say is thank you. I’m not admitting anything else though, nor can I deny or confirm that I have onion breath.

  • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    16•1 month ago

    Holy fuck, they got me with this one.

    • @SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      2•1 month ago

      because they set it in Texas.

    • @mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      1•1 month ago

      same, first time in a while

  • @Wazowski@lemmy.world
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    15•1 month ago

    Not convinced this is satire. Reality’s fucked.

  • @martinb@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9•1 month ago

    I see that the Onion Prediction Engine is operating at 💯% efficiency

  • That Weird Vegan she/her
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    6•1 month ago

    Another checking in. They got me too.

  • @Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    4•1 month ago

    Wait. Is this actually a thing?

    • @icelimit@lemmy.ml
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      5•1 month ago

      Onions are pretty good when fried.

  • @DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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    3•1 month ago

    The only way to stop a nazi psycopath with gun, is a stalinist psycopath with a gun!

  • BeeegScaaawyCripple
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    3•1 month ago

    the… onion… dot… com… hell there’s no way that didn’t happen.

  • m3t00🌎
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    1•1 month ago

    best gun customers live there

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