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[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 19 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world -3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"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@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

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@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours 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?

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

This whole conversation makes this post make a lot more sense.