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sl8

(16,137 posts)
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 07:03 AM Aug 22

Here's Why I Decided To Buy 'The Onion'

https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-the-onion/

Note: The Onion announced that they will resume producing a print edition. Really. No, really.

Editorials

Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘The Onion’

by Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO
August 20, 2024

Since Global Tetrahedron bought this publication several months ago, there has been significant chatter about who our company is and what it represents. Much has been made of my past as a tech entrepreneur, venture capitalist, human trafficker, and philanthropist. Some have questioned what interest we—a multinational behemoth with a portfolio encompassing everything from Lockheed Martin to the world’s largest puppy mill—could have in buying America’s Finest News Source.

Put simply, we understand that The Onion is special, and Global Tetrahedron’s entire executive team is dedicated to extracting all the value we can from that specialness.

During my years on our board, I have bought and looted many companies, including Boeing, Enron, Lehman Brothers, and Fannie Mae. But the media industry, in its already vulnerable state, seemed like a particularly ripe opportunity. We didn’t just see dollar signs when we looked at The Onion. Rather, we saw a strategic step forward for Global Tetrahedron LLC and Tetrahedron Holdings into the realms of population control and election manipulation. It’s a bet not just on the heartbeat of now, but also on the heartbeat of next.

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Personally, nothing brings me more fulfillment—more joy—than taking something beloved and stomping it into an unrecognizable oblivion. May Global Tetrahedron create a world where only the rich shall prosper, and nothing pure will ever exist again.

Infinite Growth Forever,

Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO

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Here's Why I Decided To Buy 'The Onion' (Original Post) sl8 Aug 22 OP
Wow that is great -- I may do the same! Blue Owl Aug 22 #1
Satire ... thy name is "The Onion" FakeNoose Aug 22 #2

Blue Owl

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1. Wow that is great -- I may do the same!
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 11:11 AM
Aug 22

I kinda miss print publications in the digital age -- it may make a comeback kind of like vinyl records....

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