Oh, what a tangled web Polymarket has woven, and poor Jeff Bezos is the fly caught in their sticky, icky mess! The prediction market, with its nose for nonsense, claimed the Amazon wizard had whispered to young entrepreneurs to flip burgers at McDonald’s or crunch numbers at Palantir before dreaming big. Jolly good fun, but utterly phony!
Bezos, with a raised eyebrow and a twinkle of sarcasm, swiftly squashed the fib. “Nope,” he chirped, “Not sure why Polymarket made this up.” And the internet, ever the drama queen, gasped in unison. Oh, the scandal! The audacity! The sheer cheek of it all!
Polymarket’s Tall Tale Gets a Bezos Smackdown
On a Thursday as gray as a soggy biscuit, Polymarket tweeted (or should we say, blathered) that Bezos had advised “aspiring Gen Z entrepreneurs” to start their careers in the salt mines of fast food or tech. Bezos, ever the gentleman, replied with the grace of a man who’s seen it all: “What poppycock!”
Hours later, the truth emerged, as it always does, like a stubborn weed in a crack of concrete. A video surfaced of Bezos at the Italian Tech Week, where he wisely noted that experience is the secret sauce of success. But did he mention McDonald’s or Palantir? Not a sausage! Polymarket, it seems, had been spinning yarns like a drunken sailor.
Nope. Not sure why polymarket made this up. 🤷♂️
– Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 22, 2026
The internet, ever the judge and jury, pounced on Polymarket like a cat on a feather toy. “Fake news site now?” one wag quipped. Oh, the humiliation! The shame! The sheer embarrassment of being caught with your pants down in the town square!
Prediction Markets: The Misinformation Merry-Go-Round
Polymarket and its cousin Kalshi have been on a wild ride, spreading tales taller than a giraffe on stilts. From Venezuelan dictators to Iranian uprisings, and now Greenland’s icy politics, these platforms have been dishing out misinformation like it’s going out of fashion.
Take, for instance, the time Polymarket claimed Iran’s security forces had lost control of major cities. “Fake news site now?” one user scoffed. And yet, the post went viral, like a bad cold in winter. Kalshi, not to be outdone, chimed in with a whopper about the U.S. and Denmark forming a working group to discuss Greenland. Denmark, ever the diplomat, politely corrected the record. But by then, the damage was done.
Fake news site now? 🤦
– Richard Heydarian (@RichHeydarian) January 10, 2026
Social media, the great amplifier of nonsense, has been abuzz with criticism. “It’s fascinating/terrifying to watch the blossoming of a full disinformation campaign inside the US,” one observer noted. And yet, Polymarket and Kalshi continue their merry dance, affiliate badges held high, unapologetic and unbowed.
It’s fascinating
/terrifying to watch the blossoming of a full disinformation campaign inside the US.– Tom Nuttall (@tom_nuttall) January 16, 2026
As prediction markets gear up for exponential growth, one can’t help but wonder: will they clean up their act, or will they continue to be the court jesters of the news world? Only time will tell. In the meantime, grab your popcorn and enjoy the show. It’s bound to be a doozy!
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