7 relatable and hilarious ‘Onion’ headlines about social media

Editor’s note: This article is a re-run as part of our countdown of top stories from the past year.

The Onion has been writing scathing, satirical headlines and articles for more than 32 years, but what’s on the cutting room floor far outweighs what ends up online.

Ryan Shattuck, former senior social media manager for The Onion, revealed that of roughly 1,200 headlines submitted, only 60 end up within the publication—a 5% acceptance rate that’s below Harvard’s 5.4% for enrollment applications.

This focus on quality over quantity helps to create the publication’s signature voice and tone. Enjoy a chuckle or two with these seven headlines with takeaways for comms pros:

Image courtesy of The Onion.

Remember the days of only 140 characters on Twitter? Though the extended character length for tweets and features such as tweet threads can greatly help communicators relay important information and news, tweets should still be pithy to capture interest.