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The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO ☞ https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of the market. And just like family members, our brands regard one another with mutual suspicion and malice.

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[–] dejected_warp_core 50 points 1 month ago (4 children)

For me, the cherry on top is how the "InfoWars" name is still completely apt, for completely different reasons.

[–] Duamerthrax 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reformatting InfoWars as a serious, unironic branch of the Onion that deals with misinformation would just be great.

[–] captainlezbian 2 points 1 month ago

That would be hilarious. I’d love for it to wind up just doing serious journalism

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every so often, I see a car with an InfoWars bumper sticker.

I wonder what those people will do?

[–] dejected_warp_core 2 points 1 month ago

No idea. Maybe they'll keep it like the Gadsden Flag holdout libertarians? "We were here first" and all that.

Honestly, I was thinking about the people out there with tattoos. There has to be at least one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I gotta find out what the Knowledge Fight folks have to say about this.

[–] FauxPseudo 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am waiting for the next episode to drop. Biggest episode ever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Is Dan the loud one? I've never learned their names, but I'm waiting for him to scream something about them horning in on their territory.

[–] FauxPseudo 3 points 1 month ago

Dan is the guy that knows stuff. Jordan is the loud sidekick comic relief.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where is Alex Jones on now?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hasn't Trump appointed him head of media relations, or something equally as stupid?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If Alex Jones becomes press secretary, I'll be convinced that this is all a simulation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I would love that. The only person on earth less coherent than Trump. Imagine the memes we would get out of that.