Microblog Memes @lemmy.world usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 13h ago

The Onion explaining a more serious reason why they bought Info Wars

(They did really buy Info Wars)

https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law3ikwies22

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Hopefully they will hire an Alex Jones impersonator just to see how long they can fool the morons that have been listening to him
His build up to the announcement cracked me up:
- Wait is "Tim Onion" a silly joke riffing on Tim Apple (think that's his name) at Apple?
  
  Yes Tim Apple, the inventor of the Apple computer
  
  Lol yeah, except the Apple guy's name is actually Tim Cook. But then Trump called him Tim Apple and it became a meme.
Tim Onion

Wait, the CEO of The Onion goes by “Tim Onion” on Bluesky? My word, this whole thing just keeps getting funnier.
- "Tim Onion" is so clever due to it's visual resemblance of "The Onion".
  
  "Tim" and "The" have the same visual profile (width/ height distribution and curved letters), so if you squint your eyes, they look very similar.
  
  It's probably a reference to when Trump called Tim Cook, Tim Apple by accident
  
  Also a reference to Trump mistakenly calling Tim Cook "Tim Apple".
  
  Good thing because Tim Apple was already CEO of another company.
- In Our Dumb History, the founder of the Onion was said to be Friedrich Siegfried Zweibel. "Zweibel" is German for "onion."
  
  EDIT: "Zwiebel" is "onion," not "Zweibel." Almost certainly chosen due to its similarity to the word, though.
  
  Zweibel would be two Bel (or two Decibel, converted to the better known unit) if you forgot about your space key.
  
  Surely you mean Zwiebel.
The Onion does things because they know how to be funny and not be destructive.

The Republican Party and the insane MAGA cult, does things at the expense of others to only humor themselves.

Big difference.
I mean, you gotta get creative when reality keeps making the best jokes by itself.

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