It’s weird that my two most trusted institutions are a satirical newspaper and a rude card game.
Nothing is funnier than The Onion taking over Infowars and making rainbow merchandise.
Submitted 2 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 months ago
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Didn’t the rude card game have an employee institutionalised for not laughing at their n-word jokes?
Lost a bit of respect in my book there.
_g_be@lemmy.world 2 months ago
One of my most trustworthy news sources is an imitation from cartoon which presents as a talking fish on Instagram
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Infowars is making the tshirts gay.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Onion really needs rainbow frog shirts with the Infowars logo.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s going to be hard to satirize Infowars. This is a real shirt Alex Jones is selling now:
Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
So they’re wearing shirts with which they self identify as low iq now? Are they getting self aware? Before ai? That’s a surprise…
Or is it a black shirt with low iq, basically fully bringing out in the open the thinly veiled dog whistle of trump using the term whenever he’s talking about women of color?
Yeah more that, i think
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s a reference to trump calling Alex jones, Candace owens and some others “low IQ” in a recent social media rant. Thing is, no one is gonna know this and they’re just gonna wear a shirt that accidentally admits a harsh truth lol
Janx@piefed.social 2 months ago
Literally anything to “trigger the libs!” That’s the entire Republican party now. Oh, sure. There are a bunch of people at the top scamming and raking in piles of cash while believing none of it… But the rest are idiots and trolls. And they currently control our country…
black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It’s just because Trump called Jones “Low IQ”
Sunflier@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is funny, but I’m going to wait on buying any InfoWars merch until the change in ownership has really sunk into the collective consciousness. InfoWars is just too culturally toxic atm, and I don’t want to carry anything around related to Alex Jones.
Saprophyte@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pride colors with an onion in the middle.
I’d say you’re safe, but… I had a woman yell at me for “pushing my agenda in her face in front of her child” while quietly reading on my phone eating at Panda Express with one of these color run t-shirts on.
tektite@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Oh yeah? Well, that woman hasn’t gone running since 1977! And she uses [Brand] so her wash colors don’t run! How dare you put those sick ideas in her child’s mind! And in a Panda Express, no less. Pandas don’t run either! Is nowhere safe??
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Yeah but limited edition… If they do succeed, and it does sink into the collective consciousness, then these items might end up being desirable. Could be cool to sport the og Onion Wars shirt years from now
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If
You’ve described gambling, now.
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
cybercafe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
On paper, I feel like this could have been kinda lame, but the way it’s unfolding has me dying laughing. Tim Heidecker being involved, Alex still having access to the studio, shirtless, ranting and raving about how the left are body snatchers (as if he didn’t completely bring this on himself).
It’s borderline adult swim absurdity. I love it
Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I dunno, Alex Jones sharing old Adult Swim Tim Heidecker content like it’s real information is pretty damn funny.
cybercafe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Did he really? It just keeps getting better.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
onion may be making a merchandise, but they did not take over anything, so far… they have a plan to rent the domain for 6 months, it now depends on a texas judge… so far the infowars is still full of alex jones’ shit, as everyone can verify by typing that address into browser.
nytimes.com/…/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion.html
it is fascinating how people are willing to shout nonsense that is not true, as long as they like the nonsense… cool (mis)info war 😂
Etterra@discuss.online 2 months ago
I’m holding out for the rainbow bullfrog.
Commander_Keen@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Erik’s got you bro! (Internet comment etiquette)
Cheers! But waiting on grabbing the Onion’s version as well.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 months ago
I audibly said “yayyyy” at my screen when I saw the shirt lol
lime@feddit.nu 2 months ago
i really want the tote but at the same time i’m pretty sure most people won’t get it. they’d just see the logo, google it, and think i’m an idiot. if they’d made a pride-patterned bag with the plain logo on it i’d be more interested.
ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 2 months ago
🎉🏳️🌈 👉🐸👉 🏳️🌈🎉
EonNShadow@pawb.social 2 months ago
Shirt needs a rainbow frog on it
dan@upvote.au 2 months ago
They really are turning the frogs gay
ceenote@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Can they make a frog sized version so we can gay the frogs?
Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The gay frogs approve
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
they approve anything they’ve been drinking bud all day
BandDad@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
www.raygunsite.com if you want more quality merchandise! (Shameless Iowa business plug.)
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 months ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Thanks for the links. I like the shirt, but I’d be kind of worried that people would see info wars and miss the onion and rainbow and get the wrong idea about me.
Still, probably worth it haha
QueenMidna@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
A big cut off the proceeds goes directly to the Sandy Hook families, too
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
I really don’t like wearing brands, but this one is testing my resolve
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
There’s going to be so many confused retirees.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Next family thanksgiving is going to be lit
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Last I heard they were still in the process. Has it been finalized yet?
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Slandered.
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captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The most perfectly cast part in all of cinema.
13igTyme@piefed.social 2 months ago
Wouldn’t it be both if he says it on a podcast and then writes an article?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
So, can we get ahold of the cue cards?
mkwt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Apparently finalized a few days ago. But the news was published in The Onion, so you can be forgiven for thinking it might be satire.
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, they’re posting it all over the place. I’ve seen other platforms also posting it everywhere.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Not finalised. Needs court approval.
homes@piefed.world 2 months ago
all things considered, that could be renegotiated with the registrar now that Jones is no longer the owner. It’s no longer worth that as it’s not raking in Jones-level revenue. Sure, it’s still worth a lot, especially with The Onion owning it, but, still, not $81k/mo.
rImITywR@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That $81K/no isn’t going to the registrar. Its going to the manager of Jone’s debt to be distributed to hid creditors, including the families if Sandy Hook.
lena@gregtech.eu 2 months ago
81k per month, that’s wild
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Finalized a few days ago.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 months ago
A deal was signed, but it needs approval from a Texas court before it can be finalised.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
no
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
both. libel is print, slander is speech, he did both. some jurisdictions have rolled both crimes into slander to stop confusing the public.