• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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

  • Steve@communick.news
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    4 days ago

    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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      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.