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The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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They're going to release completely absurd and hilarious conspiracy theories and the regular followers of InfoWars who didn't know about the change of ownership won't even see the difference.
They start selling dick pills that are slightly larger every month until they are the size of a bar of soap. Anyone who complains is told they aren't 'man' enough to take their dick pills.
"I've got good news for you. It's a suppository"
"Potatoes are source of smelly alien goo, if left in back of pantry unattended for 3 months"
"I FUCKING KNEW IT!!!"
Conspiracy crap tends to be pretty absurd as it is. Comping up with writings that surpass that level of stupidity and insanity is not a trivial task. Hats off to anyone who can come up with anything that competes with lizard people or flat earth fantasies.
Birds: Are they real?
Forget the second shooter theory, the real conspiracy was that there was a second JFK. The one you saw die was just a lab grown clone.
JFK's head just did that