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[–] Kbobabob 12 points 16 hours ago

Get out the UV light and make sure to wear gloves around it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] PapaStevesy 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Delphia 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Forget that, just lease the desk to a company that makes gay and trans porn and have people fuck on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

that's not what jones used it for?

[–] Delphia 1 points 5 hours ago

No. Im suggesting penis on the desk, not an enormous cunt.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There was nothing else in the news today but this. Every person on the planet knows at this point.

[–] PapaStevesy 4 points 1 day ago

Except the person who just asked what it was about, I imagine that's why they asked .

[–] SkyezOpen 6 points 1 day ago

Not when they exclusively get their news from fox, tucker, and Alex Jones. Most probably have no clue. One downside to isolationist media.

[–] friend_of_satan 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if OP means this, but given that the acquisition headline has been posted 500 times today, I assume they meant "what's the deal with the desk?"

[–] PapaStevesy -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"It's the desk from InfoWars, which The Onion just bought."

Better? Sorry I assumed y'all could put two and two together (it's four, btw).

[–] friend_of_satan 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

I guess "the desk" is something that people who watch infowars know about? "The desk from infowars" doesn't give the rest of us any context.

Why didn't they ask about the carpet, or the refrigerator? What's so special about the desk?

[–] AeonFelis 9 points 16 hours ago

Okay, I did a bit of googling and I think they refer to this desk:

Which... I guess... is iconic if you watch InfoWars?

[–] AeonFelis 2 points 16 hours ago

This whole conversation makes this post make a lot more sense.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

c/NotTheOnionButAlsoYesTheOnion

Who owns The Onion? What to know after satire publication buys Alex Jones' Infowars

The current owner and chairman of The Onion is Jeff Lawson, with Ben Collins listed as chief executive officer, according to the publication's website.

However, The Onion's parent company is Global Tetrahedron, where Bryce P. Tetraeder is CEO.

Collins should GTFO of Bluesky, because it is a Nazi bar, about as much as 𝕏itter is.

[–] FabledAepitaph 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Wat? It's full of gay furries and IT professionals haha

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

And Xitter is full of porn and neoliberal, Democratic party-aligned pundits, but doesn’t negate the fact that it’s a Nazi bar.

[–] FabledAepitaph 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not any more. Didn't they ban porn? Haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

No. Is that a recent development? The Verge in June: X has new rules that officially allow porn now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

But you repeat yourself

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

nope, their name is tim onion.

[–] NevermindNoMind 3 points 1 day ago

Hope Dan has room in his home studio!