His build up to the announcement cracked me up:
Wait is “Tim Onion” a silly joke riffing on Tim Apple (think that’s his name) at Apple?
Yes Tim Apple, the inventor of the Apple computer
Lol yeah, except the Apple guy’s name is actually Tim Cook. But then Trump called him Tim Apple and it became a meme.
Tim Onion
Wait, the CEO of The Onion goes by “Tim Onion” on Bluesky? My word, this whole thing just keeps getting funnier.
“Tim Onion” is so clever due to it’s visual resemblance of “The Onion”.
“Tim” and “The” have the same visual profile (width/ height distribution and curved letters), so if you squint your eyes, they look very similar.
It’s probably a reference to when Trump called Tim Cook, Tim Apple by accident
Crap DOUBLE WAIT I’m now realizing Tim Apple wasn’t a real guy’s name, dammit RIP my other comment
Yeah, there’s no probably about it. That’s just the joke.
I can see some merit to making CEOs change their legal last name to whatever company they’re the head of.
Tim Boeing would be a lot more noticable in the public world.
To prevent private equity from doing their shell company nonsense to hide accountability, just double-barrel (n many times) all the companies together in the last name.
This is very funny applied to all businesses. “Hi, I’m John Smith and Son’s and Son’s, and this is my son, John Smith and Son’s and Son’s Jr., at least until he takes over the family business.”
Also a reference to Trump mistakenly calling Tim Cook “Tim Apple”.
Good thing because Tim Apple was already CEO of another company.
In Our Dumb History, the founder of the Onion was said to be Friedrich Siegfried Zweibel. “Zweibel” is German for “onion.”
EDIT: “Zwiebel” is “onion,” not “Zweibel.” Almost certainly chosen due to its similarity to the word, though.
Zweibel would be two Bel (or two Decibel, converted to the better known unit) if you forgot about your space key.
Surely you mean Zwiebel.
Oh, you’re right, I forgot his name is spelled differently. Zweibel is a real surname, so I assume they chose it because it’s so similar to Zwiebel.
The Onion does things because they know how to be funny and not be destructive.
The Republican Party and the insane MAGA cult, does things at the expense of others to only humor themselves.
Big difference.
I mean, you gotta get creative when reality keeps making the best jokes by itself.
