Today we celebrate a new addition to the Global Tetrahedron LLC family of brands. 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 […]
  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    45·
    1 month ago

    " The excess funds initially allocated for the purchase will be reinvested into our philanthropic efforts that include business school scholarships for promising cult leaders, a charity that donates elections to at-risk third world dictators, and a new pro bono program pairing orphans with stable factory jobs at no cost to the factories."

    This article is great top to bottom but ‘at-risk dictators’ made me cackle

  • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
    363·
    1 month ago

    The Onion isn’t news.
    What’s this doing here?

    Edit: OH! The Onion actually, really, genuinely, bought InfoWars! OK I get it.

  • AlligatorBlizzard
    9·
    1 month ago

    We’ve been joking that reality is so absurd that the Onion is just a news site now…

    • meyotch@slrpnk.net
      4·
      1 month ago

      Satirists have often been the last line of defense for journalism. It makes sense, think how handy the “it was just a joke” defense has been for the worst people. We are still at the stage of our decline where that can work. Soon enough, nothing will be funny at all.