• Björn Tantau
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    128 months ago

    I mean, you gotta get creative when reality keeps making the best jokes by itself.

    • YonderEpochs
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      448 months ago

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

      • @jballs@sh.itjust.works
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        228 months ago

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

        • YonderEpochs
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          78 months ago

          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”)

            • YonderEpochs
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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

              • @pyre@lemmy.world
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                28 months ago

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

  • @ZeroCool@slrpnk.net
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    1788 months ago

    Tim Onion

    Wait, the CEO of The Onion goes by “Tim Onion” on Bluesky? My word, this whole thing just keeps getting funnier.

    • @samus12345@lemmy.world
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      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.

        • @samus12345@lemmy.world
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          38 months 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.

    • pancakes
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      548 months ago

      “Tim Onion” is so clever due to it’s visual resemblance of “The Onion”.

      “Tim” and “The” have the same visual profile (width/ height distribution and curved letters), so if you squint your eyes, they look very similar.

        • YonderEpochs
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          168 months ago

          Crap DOUBLE WAIT I’m now realizing Tim Apple wasn’t a real guy’s name, dammit RIP my other comment

        • @Gork@lemm.ee
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          178 months ago

          I can see some merit to making CEOs change their legal last name to whatever company they’re the head of.

          Tim Boeing would be a lot more noticable in the public world.

          To prevent private equity from doing their shell company nonsense to hide accountability, just double-barrel (n many times) all the companies together in the last name.

  • NeoToasty
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    428 months ago

    The Onion does things because they know how to be funny and not be destructive.

    The Republican Party and the insane MAGA cult, does things at the expense of others to only humor themselves.

    Big difference.

  • @Hikermick@lemmy.world
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    258 months ago

    Hopefully they will hire an Alex Jones impersonator just to see how long they can fool the morons that have been listening to him