4channers Are Eating Onions to Be More Manly.

If there was a contest for Most Upsetting Corner of the Internet, 4chan would be a heavy favorite to win. The totally anonymous, anything-goes message board is basically what you’d imagine the disfigured lovechild of Reddit and the ninth circle of Hell to look like, an unholy launching pad for cruel hoaxes, awful pranks, and some of the worst and weirdest memes the internet has ever known. There is one redeeming thing about 4chan, however: Sometimes it pulls the worst pranks on itself. Like when 4channers convinced themselves to eat raw onions to be more manly.

For the (blissfully) unaware, 4chan is comprised of a series of smallish subforums known as “boards,” the most infamous of which are /b/ (which technically stands for “random”) and /pol/ (as in “politically incorrect”). Although /b/ — the site of countless horrors — has garnered quite a bit of media attention over the years, /pol/ has emerged as a top contender for the ever-coveted title of the most toxic community online after coming into favor with neo-Nazis and the most diehard members of the alt-right.

However, /pol/’s latest obsession is a bit more obscure than the usual vitriolic hatred found gracing its forums. In fact, it’s downright baffling: For some reason, the denizens of /pol/ are all eating onions, en masse, in an attempt to up their testosterone.

Yes, you read that right: men drinking raw onion juice to increase their T levels — it’s a thing. And despite how utterly ridiculous it may sound, it got popular. Fast. The comments were quickly filled with other users detailing their own experiences with onions and a riveting discussion about which onion is the most “white”/”least degenerate.” Turns out, this is far from the first such post to grace the boards of 4chan.

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