See previous discussion linked in sibling as well.
onetokeoverthe 2 hours ago [-]
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razorbeamz 2 days ago [-]
I hope Dan and Jordan can get the desk like they've always wanted.
treebeard901 2 hours ago [-]
I'm concerned they won't know what to do without Alex. Already going back over shows from 2006...
phendrenad2 2 hours ago [-]
A million dollars a year for... what? A gag that fans of infowars won't watch, and there aren't enough anti-fans to appreciate? It feels personal at this point.
HerbManic 1 hours ago [-]
Tim heidecker summarised their thinking wonderfully.
"I just thought it would be just a beautiful joke if we could take this pretty toxic, negative, destructive force of Infowars and rebrand it as this beautiful place for our creativity”.
luke727 1 hours ago [-]
Not to mention Alex Jones is still up and running elsewhere spreading his nonsense and hawking his merch. So it's a cute gag, I guess, and gets the Sandy Hook families some money, but doesn't really change the status quo.
jayd16 52 minutes ago [-]
Think of it as a million dollar ad buy.
vor_ 1 hours ago [-]
Because it's funny that The Onion will be taking over InfoWars.
reedf1 26 minutes ago [-]
> It feels personal at this point.
Fucking hell that's a funny line.
watwut 1 hours ago [-]
> It feels personal at this point.
It is openly and proudly personal. It is also political, also openly.
unconed 17 minutes ago [-]
It's also incredibly petty and feels like a sanctioned Two Minute Hate for wannabe edgy lefties who don't have a single actually heretical bone in their body.
Arodex 6 minutes ago [-]
So, amongst all the things that happened and happening right now, you think "someone is incredibly petty against Alex Jones" is worth spending your time complaining about. Alex Jones, the one who harassed mass shooting survivors.
Pay08 15 minutes ago [-]
That describes 99% of "leftists".
qnleigh 18 minutes ago [-]
When this all started, the Onion released a priceless 'press statement':
"Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron.
No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special interest group has outwitted the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name) and forced him to sell it at a steep bargain: less than one trillion dollars..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/20/the-onion-al...
See previous discussion linked in sibling as well.
"I just thought it would be just a beautiful joke if we could take this pretty toxic, negative, destructive force of Infowars and rebrand it as this beautiful place for our creativity”.
Fucking hell that's a funny line.
It is openly and proudly personal. It is also political, also openly.
"Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron.
No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special interest group has outwitted the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name) and forced him to sell it at a steep bargain: less than one trillion dollars..."
Full statement here https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/