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[–] clearleaf@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Shoutout to the web dev who made this page so it loads everything except the article content and shows massive white blocks of nothing instead.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think sometimes there's no article, the whole joke is the headline, and the white square is the blocked ad. Or have I been bamboozled by incompetent coders the whole time?

[–] clearleaf@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That's what I thought at first but after the first "you may also like" there's a huge void of white that goes for two screens and then there's more links.

The page source is something to behold. I'm not sure if it's the worst thing I've ever seen or if they've reached a god tier level of parody.

[–] stalfoss@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

The Onion is a satirical site, it’s a joke. There’s no article, the whole joke is the headline. It’s not a real news site.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I thought it was just me. IDK what they've got going on there.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Is there even an article or is it just the headline? Because I can't see anything but links