• @sensiblepuffin
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    15 hours ago

    Wait a second. A judge blocked the Onion from buying the site at auction because… he thinks it should have sold for more? My brother in Christ, do you understand what an auction is?!

    • @Mirshe
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      715 hours ago

      Specifically, he thought the trustee should have allowed the other LLC (which is totally not affiliated with him yet only exists to shelter his supplement business) more time to counteroffer.

      • @sensiblepuffin
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        512 hours ago

        But that makes no sense. It’s an auction. There’s a time limit. It’s not an acquisition. You’re being forced to sell something.

        • @SkybreakerEngineer
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          710 hours ago

          You know what else makes no sense? Letting someone bid on his former property using money he owes to the people selling.

          • @sensiblepuffin
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            110 hours ago

            Why does that make no sense? He has debts to pay, can’t cover them, and so his assets are sold at auction to pay them off. Same thing happens to people every day via civil forfeiture.

            • @SkybreakerEngineer
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              21 hour ago

              Because he’s trying to use the money he owes to buy back his stuff, when it should have been seized too

    • @Alteon
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      1117 hours ago

      At least we now know why Musk was upset. He intended to buy it and hand it right back to Alex Jones. Can’t have the “alt-right” media sphere disappearing.

  • @[email protected]
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    1322 hours ago

    I thought they’d already bought it, I didn’t know it was still in question. What a bummer. This was going to be hilarious.