> 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.
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.
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.
>Certain issues of The Onion newspaper are mysteriously missing from our 270-year archive, and you might be able to help us recover them.
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 :)
It sounds like their archive contains 270 year old contents, not that they’re 270 year old company
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.
Seems legit, I trust them. They even filed an amicus brief with scotus
Here's the amicus brief: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/2022...
Read the whole thing. Lots of onion-type gags in there.
Yeah I know, nobody takes The Onion at face value. They like to play with words
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.
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.
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
Did somebody steal these magazines or are they just being overly dramatic?
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.
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...
Could also just be a joke - never know with the Onion ;)
They could have just lost them too, doesn't need to be nefarious.
Hard to tell if the onion is trying to be funny?
It was me. Just wait until they find out which of the 1920s issues I took.
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/
Updated, thanks!
Title should actually be "Do you have pre-2014 Onion issues?"
Because they are looking for issues in 2012 and 2013 as well.