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" 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

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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

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

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    "the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name)"

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Is it part of the joke that the logo for “Global Tetrahedron” is actually a dodecahedron?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Can’t wait for Leon Musk to eat that candy bar.

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