The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction

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

Hopefully this is onion-y enough to post here.

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Skydancer@pawb.social · 109 pts · 1y (7 replies)

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 · 39 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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

meowMix2525@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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

ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The overton window has moved

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

*onion window

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y

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runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1y

What an amazing read. Thanks for sharing!

JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 100 pts · 1y (1 reply)

“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 · 30 pts · 1y

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.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 1y (7 replies)

I have an odd urge to subscribe to their printed syndication

Gingerlegs@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (6 replies)
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cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Do you have a pic of this badboy haha?

Gingerlegs@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y (4 replies)
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Illecors@lemmy.cafe · 10 pts · 1y (3 replies)

OMG this is a thing! Seriously evaluating my need for 9 bucks every month!

Gingerlegs@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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Illecors@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Maybe different pricing? Loading https://membership.theonion.com/ from across the pond shows 99 annual or 9/month

Gingerlegs@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
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cerement@slrpnk.net · 26 pts · 1y

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

SassyRamen@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y

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

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

*golf clap*

FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

Wrong sub, this article is about The Onion

Kilometers_OBrien@startrek.website · 12 pts · 1y

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

Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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 · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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 pts · 1y

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

simple@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Community name does not check out /s

Asetru@feddit.org · 21 pts · 1y

It just lined up perfectly for me...

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Finally some good news

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

pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

let's fucking go!