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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

The Onion explaining a more serious reason why they bought Info Wars

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The Onion explaining a more serious reason why they bought Info Wars

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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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(They did really buy Info Wars)


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

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    Wait is “Tim Onion” a silly joke riffing on Tim Apple (think that’s his name) at Apple?

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      Yes Tim Apple, the inventor of the Apple computer

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        Not Tim Cook, the inventor of the Cook apputer?

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        Thanks, really worried for a few there that I was cracking up

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      Lol yeah, except the Apple guy’s name is actually Tim Cook. But then Trump called him Tim Apple and it became a meme.

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        Hmm nah, “Tim Cook”? I don’t think that’s right, pretty sure it’s Tim Apple…

        (tries to save face by pretending to double down on the “silly joke”)

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          honestly it’s much funnier if you weren’t joking

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            I really wasn’t with the initial comment elsewhere. Oldish brain full of too much stuff shortcutted a real vague memory straight to “yeah that guy Tim Apple” lol

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              I don’t blame you; the fact that it was funny made everyone refer to him as such and it stuck. for years now.

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