They failed to mention the new CEO.
It’s Connor Gaydos, the “birds aren’t real” guy.
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I'm confused by this Birds aren't real book.
Is it satire? Is it a "real" conspiracy that real people believe in?
And yeah in this timeline both options are possible even simultaneously.
It's a parody conspiracy theory, in the same way as the flying spaghetti monster was a parody religion. People participated "eyes open" (aware it was parody, doing it as a joke) others adopted it "eyes closed" (believing it)
flying spaghetti monster was a parody religion.
You shut your filthy mouth or I'll get my colander, pitch fork and blood-thirsty mob.
Flying Spaghetti Monster was a parody
HOW. DARE. YOU.
It's satire, that real people believe in
Does this Connor dude believe in it?
I should start some imaginary conspiracy too, then write books about it, and earn loads of money from these suckers
No, they just bought the name.
bold move
Cotton
Well it is very on-brand.
The Sansui of the crypto world
Ok......see this??? See this shit??? Let's recap. Connor Gaydos, the "birds aren't real" guy, bought the name "Enron" in order to use it for a company that deals in cryptocurriencies. You know. That thing that was hot for a bit until it became obvious they were all scams.
And now this is happening.
This sequence of events, is so long in the making you'd have to back to the days of Elian Gonzalas being held at gunpoint in a Miami closet, to cover the whole debacle.
And with all this in your face absurdism, with this much history of being untrustworthy and corrupt, we live on a planet where people thought "Yeah. Yeah this is what I want. Thismay as well happen."
Do you see why I say I'm surrounded by morons? I live on the same planet that these events transpired. Even The Onion is like "GOD DAMNIT!!! STOP STEALING OUR ROUTINE!!!" as they scream angerly into general society.
This is great. Please become a journalist.
Elian Gonzalas
No it’s not. It’s just a publicity stunt.
People are absolute fucking suckers. Can't fucking believe this.
It's like intentional misspellings in Nigerian Prince emails. Anyone dumb enough to buy in is already a promising mark.
Appropriate, really.
Crypto is one of the only businesses where use of the Enron name could conceivably improve their reputation.
Ars ate the onion?