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The Onion explaining a more serious reason why they bought Info Wars (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/microblogmemes

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(They did really buy Info Wars)

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

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago (13 children)

"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.

[–] [email protected] 144 points 1 month ago (10 children)

It's probably a reference to when Trump called Tim Cook, Tim Apple by accident

[–] Benjaben 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Crap DOUBLE WAIT I'm now realizing Tim Apple wasn't a real guy's name, dammit RIP my other comment

[–] stoly 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Haha thanks for making me laugh. If it helps, it took me years to recognize that Chipotle didn’t have the chipotle flavor Tabasco simply because it tastes good.