It looks like Everytown for Gun Safety is now getting ads on The Onion, too - of course The Onion is still out of money, but what the hell at least there’s a serious part to this.
The Onion buys Infowars
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The auction included all of the InfoWars and several associated corporations' assets, including the studio and the supplements business. At one point the settlement administrator was trying to get Alex's Twitter handle. I believe he's been doing some half-ass scheming to create essentially the same company but in his parents' name, and I doubt he has a problem getting listeners back.
... Infowars had a supplements business?
Infowars was a supplements business. their business model was to brainwash people with conspiracy theories and sell supplements that solve the problems they made up
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If Brexit taught me anything it was that the correct phrase is pesky unelected EU bureaucrats!
Now if we want to get into dirty details, no bureaucrat is ever elected. You elect the representatives, and they nominate in turn whoever bureaucrats they feel comfy to work with. Or is this in the UK different?
> Or is this in the UK different?
A bit; mostly as you say, but also it's a kingdom and has the House of Lords whose seats are partially heritable, partially religious appointments from the state religion with the monarch at the top, in addition to those appointed by the elected government.
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#415The 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
Wow, crazy to watch all the bootlickers and nutters in his feed who are angry about this.
They're all "verified" (paid) accounts too, which is why Twitter is such a cesspool. They sort paid accounts to the top.
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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!
Newsflash: the Pentagon has literally _millions_ of bureaucrats.
None elected.
Unelected people are tasked with defending the free world. how about that?
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> The core idea of satire, which is often missed in supposedly satirical works is that you should not only make fun of the thing you don't believe, but you should also explain what you do believe under the cover of pretending to dismiss it. I often suggest that satire is a dangerous double edged sword and not a good primary vehicle for positive change. Part of your audience will understand it's satire, but a signific…
> I believe we ask and expect too much of satire Yes, if you expect anything from satire you expect too much. Let it be art, not propaganda. Allow yourself to find poor execution of agreeable messages distasteful. Allow yourself to enjoy good execution of messages you disagree with.
> Let it be art, not propaganda
You cannot “explain what you do believe under the cover of pretending to dismiss it” without blurring the line between propaganda and art. That is true of both the best art and propaganda. If someone disagrees with the message, or coöpts it, it’s propaganda.
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... Infowars had a supplements business?
Of course, it's random nonsense peddling, how else would it fund itself other than via a obvious grift? If you're gullible enough to watch Alex Jones and believe him, you're gullible enough to buy snake oil to increase your penis.
Snake oil will increase my penis? Where do I sign up?!
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The funniest thing would be to keep running the site as-is but swap out the insanity for stuff that reads like insanity but is legit or morally sound. The audience might not notice, and could (IMHO) easily be duped into supporting good causes!
Yep. Insert little-known stories that are documented conspiracies that aren't hypotheticals similar to the fine content of DamnInteresting. Be sure to use lots of graphics and editoralizing/clickbait headlines. - Radium girls - Eugenics experiments - Forced sterilization - ~600 Tennessee sober "drunk driving" arrests
- Project Timber Sycamore
- The Douma Gas hoax
Fun times.
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Flagging you from the left here. Harris outperformed Biden among only two demo groups[1]: -College educated whites -People with income > $100,000 Please, consider the possibility, that the Dems are now the party of wealthy elites, and that the diverse coalition making is happening on the R side of the aisle. [1] Edit for sourcing: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/opinion/obama-ezra-klein-...
Right, because the definition of “wealthy elite” is making $100k/yr.
Stop looking upwards!
An income of $100,000 puts you in the top 20%. Guess what? 20% doesnt win elections.
Here's some data about wealth by quintile:
https://usafacts.org/articles/how-this-chart-explains-americ...
Yes, the definition of wealthy elite could be reasonably set at 100k/year, according to this data.