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submitted 1 month ago by runner_g to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

Hopefully this is onion-y enough to post here.

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[-] Skydancer@pawb.social 105 points 1 month ago

This is perhaps too onion-y, but somebody has to drop it in the thread:

The Onion's statement on the purchase

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

It's funny how today is one of the few days where posting that would be not the onion

[-] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Nah if you read it it's definitely still the onion

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The overton window has moved

[-] runner_g 8 points 1 month ago

What an amazing read. Thanks for sharing!

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 98 points 1 month ago

“The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” said The Onion CEO Ben Collins. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.”

From the CNN.com article.

[-] JoYo@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago

Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron.

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 24 points 1 month ago

would like to see what Cards Against Humanity could do with the supplement business …

[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

The first Artikel better be about gay frogs, or I'm gonna be pissed!

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Wrong sub, this article is about The Onion

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

*golf clap*

[-] Kilometers_OBrien@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago

Wow. This is historic. I bet he's got hot blood moving through him fast.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

I hope JorDan from knowledge fight get a chance to work with the onion, no one knows alex's brain better than Dan and could write a perfect spoof version

[-] Lupus@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

Omfg I didn't even think about that possibility, that would be perfect, if Dan really gets Alex's desk I am gonna explode with laughter.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Oh what if the onion guys handle turning new episodes into videos

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Finally some good news

Too bad the people we need to reach are literally incapable of understanding satire

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

let's fucking go!

this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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