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JoYo to Not the Onion@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months ago

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JoYo to Not the Onion@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months ago
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  • @PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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    26•7 months ago

    The Onion bought InfoWars

    • @remotelove@lemmy.ca
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      25•7 months ago

      https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

      https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/onion-wins-alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-auction-rcna179936

      OMG, that is awesome! They have a limited amount of time to capitalize on that before all the Infowars drones catch on.

      • @Delphia@lemmy.world
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        16•7 months ago

        Forget that, just lease the desk to a company that makes gay and trans porn and have people fuck on it.

        • JoYoOP
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          2•7 months ago

          that’s not what jones used it for?

          • @Delphia@lemmy.world
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            2•7 months ago

            No. Im suggesting penis on the desk, not an enormous cunt.

        • @TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
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          1•7 months ago

          Gavin McGinnes?

      • @unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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        5•7 months ago

        There was nothing else in the news today but this. Every person on the planet knows at this point.

        • @SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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          6•7 months ago

          Not when they exclusively get their news from fox, tucker, and Alex Jones. Most probably have no clue. One downside to isolationist media.

        • @PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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          4•7 months ago

          Except the person who just asked what it was about, I imagine that’s why they asked .

    • @friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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      5•7 months ago

      I’m not sure if OP means this, but given that the acquisition headline has been posted 500 times today, I assume they meant “what’s the deal with the desk?”

      • @PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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        -4•7 months ago

        “It’s the desk from InfoWars, which The Onion just bought.”

        Better? Sorry I assumed y’all could put two and two together (it’s four, btw).

        • @friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          I guess “the desk” is something that people who watch infowars know about? “The desk from infowars” doesn’t give the rest of us any context.

          Why didn’t they ask about the carpet, or the refrigerator? What’s so special about the desk?

          • @AeonFelis@lemmy.world
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            11•7 months ago

            Okay, I did a bit of googling and I think they refer to this desk:

            Which… I guess… is iconic if you watch InfoWars?

          • @AeonFelis@lemmy.world
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            3•7 months ago

            This whole conversation makes this post make a lot more sense.

          • @PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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            1•7 months ago

            If you knew what InfoWars was at all, it would be pretty obvious, you don’t need to have watched much (which I didn’t, just saw the meme clips). InfoWars was one dude sitting at a desk screaming about conspiracy theories and selling snake oil for hours and hours, that’s all it was. The desk was the only other thing on screen besides Alex Jones afaik. There was nothing special about it, but there was also no other part of the office “featured” on the show. Plus it says “InfoWars” in giant letters on it, so that should make for a fun prop for The Onion.

            • @friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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              2•7 months ago

              Everything I know about InfoWars I read. Every picture I’ve seen of Alex Jones is him outside or a closeup of his face.

              But I did see the picture of the desk that somebody else posted and I understand now why having it would be a big deal.

    • @skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1•7 months ago

      Unfortunately, the judge paused the purchase and the site it back up slinging crap.

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