• @[email protected]
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    1892 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.

    • pancakes
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      572 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.

          • @Hackerman_uwu
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            12 months ago

            Since we are explaining things: an onion, like an apple is a fruit.

        • @Benjaben
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          182 months ago

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

          • @stoly
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            42 months ago

            Haha thanks for making me laugh. If it helps, it took me years to recognize that Chipotle didn’t have the chipotle flavor Tabasco simply because it tastes good.

            • @Benjaben
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              32 months ago

              Wait a minute…

        • @[email protected]
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          172 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.

          • @[email protected]
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            162 months ago

            This is very funny applied to all businesses. “Hi, I’m John Smith and Son’s and Son’s, and this is my son, John Smith and Son’s and Son’s Jr., at least until he takes over the family business.”

      • @mean_bean279
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        122 months ago

        Good thing because Tim Apple was already CEO of another company.

    • @samus12345
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      2 months ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 months ago

        Zweibel would be two Bel (or two Decibel, converted to the better known unit) if you forgot about your space key.

        Surely you mean Zwiebel.

        • @samus12345
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          22 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.