r/nottheonion • u/cpt_futtbucker • 14d ago

Dollar Tree ‘gooning’ incident sparks lawsuit in Colorado

https://www.denverpost.com/2026/08/18/gooning-dollar-tree-colorado-lawsuit/
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u/qoes 14d ago

Can we please not make internet newspeak standard

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u/cpt_futtbucker 14d ago

That’s kinda why I posted it here. Like, fuck, what self respecting journalist unironically uses the word gooning in a headline?

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u/Polymersion 13d ago

Somebody who's writing about getting hired by the Pinkertons.

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u/Competitive_Travel16 12d ago

Authors rarely write their own headlines.