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[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 46 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

"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.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 120 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

It's probably a reference to when Trump called Tim Cook, Tim Apple by accident

[–] Baggins@feddit.uk 3 points 1 hour ago

Ignorance, not accident.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Crap DOUBLE WAIT I'm now realizing Tim Apple wasn't a real guy's name, dammit RIP my other comment

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago

No, no it made your other comment funnier

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Haha thanks for making me laugh. If it helps, it took me years to recognize that Chipotle didn’t have the chipotle flavor Tabasco simply because it tastes good.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Wait a minute...

[–] ZeroCool 34 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yeah, there’s no probably about it. That’s just the joke.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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."

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 13 points 12 hours ago

Also a reference to Trump mistakenly calling Tim Cook "Tim Apple".

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago

Good thing because Tim Apple was already CEO of another company.