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The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Hopefully this is onion-y enough to post here.

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[–] Skydancer@pawb.social 109 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The overton window has moved

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

*onion window

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

Suffering from success.png

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 months ago

What an amazing read. Thanks for sharing!

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 100 points 10 months ago (1 children)

“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 points 10 months 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.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have an odd urge to subscribe to their printed syndication

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I did as soon as it was announced! I get one once a month, it’s awesome

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Do you have a pic of this badboy haha?

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

$60 for a year, or $5 a month I believe

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Dang, you’re right! I must have gotten a limited time offer that I didn’t realize

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 26 points 10 months ago

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

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

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

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

*golf clap*

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Wrong sub, this article is about The Onion

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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 10 months ago

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

[–] Kilometers_OBrien@startrek.website 12 points 10 months ago

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

[–] simple@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Community name does not check out /s

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 21 points 10 months ago

It just lined up perfectly for me...

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months 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 10 months ago

let's fucking go!