• @Delphia
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          161 month ago

          Forget that, just lease the desk to a company that makes gay and trans porn and have people fuck on it.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 month ago

          There was nothing else in the news today but this. Every person on the planet knows at this point.

          • @SkyezOpen
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            61 month ago

            Not when they exclusively get their news from fox, tucker, and Alex Jones. Most probably have no clue. One downside to isolationist media.

          • @PapaStevesy
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            41 month ago

            Except the person who just asked what it was about, I imagine that’s why they asked .

      • @friend_of_satan
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        51 month ago

        I’m not sure if OP means this, but given that the acquisition headline has been posted 500 times today, I assume they meant “what’s the deal with the desk?”

        • @PapaStevesy
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          “It’s the desk from InfoWars, which The Onion just bought.”

          Better? Sorry I assumed y’all could put two and two together (it’s four, btw).

          • @friend_of_satan
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            I guess “the desk” is something that people who watch infowars know about? “The desk from infowars” doesn’t give the rest of us any context.

            Why didn’t they ask about the carpet, or the refrigerator? What’s so special about the desk?

            • @AeonFelis
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              101 month ago

              Okay, I did a bit of googling and I think they refer to this desk:

              Which… I guess… is iconic if you watch InfoWars?

            • @PapaStevesy
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              11 month ago

              If you knew what InfoWars was at all, it would be pretty obvious, you don’t need to have watched much (which I didn’t, just saw the meme clips). InfoWars was one dude sitting at a desk screaming about conspiracy theories and selling snake oil for hours and hours, that’s all it was. The desk was the only other thing on screen besides Alex Jones afaik. There was nothing special about it, but there was also no other part of the office “featured” on the show. Plus it says “InfoWars” in giant letters on it, so that should make for a fun prop for The Onion.

              • @friend_of_satan
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                21 month ago

                Everything I know about InfoWars I read. Every picture I’ve seen of Alex Jones is him outside or a closeup of his face.

                But I did see the picture of the desk that somebody else posted and I understand now why having it would be a big deal.