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Aw man, that’s some bullshit

[-] Alteon@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] TheDrink@hexbear.net 45 points 2 weeks ago

This is pretty clearly interference from the judge. The guy who ran the bankruptcy auction has a ton of experience with this stuff and there is no reason to think he wasn't impartial or that he didn't get the best price for everything. Jones' lawyers are just kicking the can down the road and delaying for as long as they can.

[-] rando895@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Hopefully the onion can eventually buy it at a steep discount too!

[-] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

Not allowed to shoot CEOs, not allowed to buy your enemy’s company in a fair sale. What happened to the American dream

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Only boomers and some Gen-x believed it. The rest of us grew up with the Internet and an ever-increasing feeling of betrayal and hopelessness.

Edit: Modified the language around Gen-X per the reply below.

[-] onwardknave@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Please don't lump Gen-Xers in with boomers. Why do you think Gen-X got its name? Disillusionment, detachment, loss of identity and purpose. Gen-X didn't know what was wrong, but they knew enough to know they were left out. Even boomers aren't to blame -- they just have more people in the ownership class right now. If we divide along age and generational lines, the capitalists benefit.

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

You're right, I should not have lumped them in with boomers. That was a last minute and before submission to address the Marjorie's/Karen's of the world. Please accept my apologies.

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 30 points 2 weeks ago
[-] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 weeks ago
[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Context. Volume. Relevance.

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks 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@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks 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@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

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

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago
[-] robocall@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago
[-] William_Nilliam@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago
[-] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

This is why I don't hype myself up over such stories.

There's always a rugpull.

[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

Does the judge think that shitpile is gonna be worth much now? Like, unless they can force Alex to appear there and do skits, it's just a fucking website without it's, for lack of a better word, talent.

Keep at it, Onion, the funny outcome was just delayed, not averted!

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

No justice, no peace! Give them Infowars!

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

not cool bro. not cool.

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Boo this judge

[-] BRINGit34@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Who would even want to buy it now? Clearly this is in such a legal fuckstorm no one with certainty can buy it.

Feels like alex fucked himself out of a sale

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