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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

the onion bought infowars, the brand, the domain, it's intellectual property like the character "Alex Jones" all of it belongs to Infowars.

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 11 points 23 hours ago

Can't wait for the reports from the special correspondent Alex Jones (the character)

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 minutes ago

that's not what jones used it for?

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 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@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours 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@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours 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@lemmy.world -4 points 19 hours 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@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 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@lemmy.world 9 points 8 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@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

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