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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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[–] [email protected] 49 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is what I call a master class on starting a soft revolution: you take over a symbol of the opposite ideology, in the most outrageous and ridiculous way, make it known to all, and completely subvert it and deconstruct it, piece by piece, until it stops making any sense to its former self.

[–] Kecessa 16 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Like the right keeps doing with memes!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 21 hours ago
[–] merde 4 points 15 hours ago

and words too. Even words get to mean exactly their antonyms :/

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

They should send Alex Jones a $1 "royalty" check every month - just so that he doesn't forget it.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Make it $0.01. No need to waste too much money.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

Nah. They should just make sure the checks bounce.

[–] Voroxpete 68 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I genuinely don't know how they plan to make a parody of InfoWars that will not be indistinguishable from the original thing.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

They’re very, very good at it

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

The funniest thing to do would be to turn it into either a legitimate leftist new site or a leftist themed nujob conspiracy mill (though I don't know how that would work).

[–] [email protected] 22 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

"The rich intentionally causing global warming to make people have to use cars"

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[–] booly 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

leftist themed nujob conspiracy mill

The Republican party is ripe for conspiracy theory targets.

Epstein had close ties with Trump and his attorney general Bill Barr (whose father hired Epstein to teach at a prestigious private high school without a college degree, where he was known for ogling the high school girls and showing up to parties where underage drinking was happening). The waitresses and hostesses at Trump's Mar a Lago were also regularly recruited to work at Epstein's island. Alex Acosta, the federal prosecutor who agreed to a secret plea deal where Epstein served a slap on the wrist in a local jail instead of real prison was later elevated to Trump's cabinet, as Labor Secretary.

Now, Trump has named another child sex trafficker as his nominee for Attorney General.

There are suspicious ties between the Saudi royal family and key members in Trump's orbit, including his son in law Jared Kushner. Elon Musk has been doing sketchy shit with the Saudis and the Russians, as well. Basically everyone in Trump's circle, including his nominee to be the director of national intelligence, has shady ties with foreign adversaries.

There's lots of other little things about financial profiteering by the Trump folks: an SBA COVID bailout that went to huge businesses, a move to privatize or sabotage the public postal service and the weather service to help the private competition, arbitrary or politically motivated regulations to help certain businesses while hurting others, etc.

I mean, it really wouldn't be hard.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 22 hours ago

im sorry but the owner's name is tim onion. please publish a correction.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Saw the news on their YouTube. Looked it up thinking it was satire and sure as shit it’s not. Probably the fastest I’ve ever purchased merch ever. Gonna love wearing my onion shirt, always loved them but this was the point I needed to send them some money because this is hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago

They need new merch with the infowars logo almost the same but with an onion dotting the i

[–] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

They just brought back print and it's been very satisfying for me so far.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Wait, what? Which parts of this are satire now? I read the Onion piece that Global Tetrahedron was purchasing InfoWars, but this is a Guardian story saying The Onion is purchasing it? I'm a bit confused.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 18 hours ago

It's not satire, they are purchasing it for real.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

It's on APNews too - it's real

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago

very funny, very stupid

Well, their work is half done already!

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

truly the wildest of timelines

[–] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago

Make reality boring again

[–] [email protected] 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Can't wait for Dan and Jordan to cover this

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

Finally some good news!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Next week's headlines "Alex Jones appointed as Secretary of State" or some other wackass shit.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld 10 points 20 hours ago

Press secretary would be perfect.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Listen, I keep saying that reality is better satire than satire, BUT COME ON!

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