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The Onion explaining a more serious reason why they bought Info Wars (lemmy.ml)
submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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(They did really buy Info Wars)

https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law3ikwies22

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

In Our Dumb History, the founder of the Onion was said to be Friedrich Siegfried Zweibel. "Zweibel" is German for "onion."

EDIT: "Zwiebel" is "onion," not "Zweibel." Almost certainly chosen due to its similarity to the word, though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Zweibel would be two Bel (or two Decibel, converted to the better known unit) if you forgot about your space key.

Surely you mean Zwiebel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Oh, you're right, I forgot his name is spelled differently. Zweibel is a real surname, so I assume they chose it because it's so similar to Zwiebel.