Not sure if this is true or just another Onion article.
The onion has not yet bought the times.
When they do I hope it's Infowars that first reports the deal.
The Onion buys Infowars
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#12All I can do now is hope and prey that this ends up being the literal dictionary definition of “Poe’s Law”. #goodspeed
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#13Beautiful.
The poet they sent couldn't have done better.
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#14Funny concept. Shame that The Onion's writing these days so mid.
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#15I really can’t imagine a better steward. Truly amazing. I doubt there’s any way to undo all the damage that has been done, but at least we’ll get some cathartic laughs out of it all.
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#16The announcement by America's Finest News Source: https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/ Alex Jones response: https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1857058831135645739
Wonderful news. I'm glad their CEO recognizes the great value of CEOs. My only worry is that this acquisition makes Global Tetraeder so large that it attracts the attention of those pesky EU bureaucrats, who will want to split it up into multiple imperfect solids.
If Brexit taught me anything it was that the correct phrase is pesky unelected EU bureaucrats!
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#17Financial Ruin and Mockery seem appropriate for the peddlers of vitriolic clickbait.
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#18Tim Onion's (Ben Collins) statement on Bluesky: [0]
> Hi everyone.
> The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
> We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
> We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
> I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
Next post: [1]
> Does anybody need millions of dollars worth of supplements?
[0] https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law22g...
[1] https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law23r...
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#19Funny concept. Shame that The Onion's writing these days so mid.
I think it’s more that the world is now the onion.
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#20Not sure if this is true or just another Onion article.
NBC is reporting it too. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/onion-wins-alex-jones-i..., reported on HN by elsewhen at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42136327.
So... I guess it's real? Still feels surreal...