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arrow-up1807imageThe Onion explaining a more serious reason why they bought Info Warslemmy.mlusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 个月前message-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up100·4 个月前His build up to the announcement cracked me up:
minus-squareBenjaben@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·4 个月前Wait is “Tim Onion” a silly joke riffing on Tim Apple (think that’s his name) at Apple?
minus-squaretroybot [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·4 个月前Yes Tim Apple, the inventor of the Apple computer
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 个月前Not Tim Cook, the inventor of the Cook apputer?
minus-squareBenjaben@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 个月前Thanks, really worried for a few there that I was cracking up
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·4 个月前Lol yeah, except the Apple guy’s name is actually Tim Cook. But then Trump called him Tim Apple and it became a meme.
minus-squareBenjaben@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 个月前Hmm nah, “Tim Cook”? I don’t think that’s right, pretty sure it’s Tim Apple… (tries to save face by pretending to double down on the “silly joke”)
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 个月前honestly it’s much funnier if you weren’t joking
minus-squareBenjaben@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 个月前I really wasn’t with the initial comment elsewhere. Oldish brain full of too much stuff shortcutted a real vague memory straight to “yeah that guy Tim Apple” lol
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 个月前I don’t blame you; the fact that it was funny made everyone refer to him as such and it stuck. for years now.
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
Not Tim Cook, the inventor of the Cook apputer?
Thanks, really worried for a few there that I was cracking up
Lol yeah, except the Apple guy’s name is actually Tim Cook. But then Trump called him Tim Apple and it became a meme.
Hmm nah, “Tim Cook”? I don’t think that’s right, pretty sure it’s Tim Apple…
(tries to save face by pretending to double down on the “silly joke”)
honestly it’s much funnier if you weren’t joking
I really wasn’t with the initial comment elsewhere. Oldish brain full of too much stuff shortcutted a real vague memory straight to “yeah that guy Tim Apple” lol
I don’t blame you; the fact that it was funny made everyone refer to him as such and it stuck. for years now.