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• On the post: Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He’s Eager To Be America’s Top Censor

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2024 @ 03:48pm

  That darn Elmo...

  Where were all these laws outlawing companies not advertising when I was selling advertising for a living?

• On the post: Texas AG Declares War On Advertisers Who Snub Musk’s ExTwitter

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2024 @ 10:50am

  That darn Elmo

  Reminder that the Parents Television Council has been calling for ad boycotts for years. Did Kenny boy investigate that?

• On the post: Hertz Continues To Be Hertz, Threatens Customer With Arrest For Using Too Many Of His ‘Unlimited’ Miles

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2024 @ 12:16pm

  There's a Simpsons episode for that...

  Homer had a similar experience when he was booted from the Frying Dutchman All You Can Eat Buffet after management determined the policy applied to humans and Homer was not a human, but a "remorseless eating machine"

• On the post: Streaming TV Enshittification Will Continue Until Morale Improves

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2024 @ 07:42am

  Prime glut

  Hadn't watched Amazon Prime in a while and when I did it literally started with 6 ads. Now I think of it like warming up the air fryer. Hit watch and know I've got 5 minutes to do something else.

• On the post: Threads Bans Anyone For Mentioning Hitler, Even To Criticize

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2024 @ 04:03pm

  I don't care if I ever get back

  Before the Braves moved to Atlanta, the minor league team was the "Atlanta Crackers"

• On the post: New FTC Rules Make It Easier To Cancel Services, Punish Companies For Being Annoying Little Shits About It

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2024 @ 11:44am

  Don't get me started on Comcast

  I called Comcast to get a credit for the time my wifi service was out. Apparently my request had to go to all the way to the C-level in Phily, because it took a long time for the rep to get approval. When she did return, the offer was for a credit for Xfinity Mobile. I asked her why — considering I'm calling to complain about your wifi — would I possibly want your mobile service? I'm sure at the risk of losing her job, she had to admit I had a point.

• On the post: Banks Realize Backing Elon’s Twitter Buyout Is Close To ‘The Worst Buyout Of All Time’

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2024 @ 09:53am

  That darn Elmo...

  I asked myself how much more schadenfreude could a single, short post provide? And the answer is none, none more schadenfreude.

• On the post: Banks Realize Backing Elon’s Twitter Buyout Is Close To ‘The Worst Buyout Of All Time’

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2024 @ 09:48am

  That darn Elmo

  "Privitize the profits, socialize the losses" should be printed on US currency

• On the post: Tennessee’s New Quasi-Book Ban Law Results In School Shutting Down Library Right Before Classes Resume

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2024 @ 06:56am

  Youth Pastor: Oops, I did it again!

  A cursory review of online search results would suggest banning youth pastors would be more effective in protecting students than banning library books.

• On the post: Like Clockwork, Paramount/CBS Cuts 18% Of Workforce After Skydance Merger

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2024 @ 03:51pm

  The last lifeboat was just lowered...

  Streamers, working with a different set of economics, now throwing billion$ at sportsball, like the NBA ditching TNT for Amazon.

• On the post: Like Clockwork, Paramount/CBS Cuts 18% Of Workforce After Skydance Merger

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2024 @ 03:37pm

  That darn Elmo...

  I wonder how many staff positions they could save by laying off just one CEO?

  Question for TSLA stockholders: If you had only paid Elmo $26B, would the lousy 2nd qtr. numbers have been any different?

• On the post: Jim Jordan & Elon Musk Suppressed Speech; Don’t Let Them Pretend It’s A Win For Free Speech

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2024 @ 11:04am

  Not sure Elmo got the memo...

  Former magazine publisher here. I can assure you, that for years, advertisers (more than I care to remember) did not fear legal blowback by not running ads in my publications.

• On the post: Jim Jordan & Elon Musk Suppressed Speech; Don’t Let Them Pretend It’s A Win For Free Speech

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2024 @ 10:52am

  That darn Elmo!

  If it works anything like Google Ads, the cost to not be placed next to neo-Nazi twits will be prohibitive

• On the post: NHL’s Dallas Stars To Go Fully Free Streaming For Every Single Non-National Game Next Season

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2024 @ 07:27am

  That Darn Manfred

  I'll never understand how MLB got streaming so right (good tech, fair price for 1 team) and the blackouts so wrong. Might make sense in mkts with 2 teams, but between Chicago & LA, it makes no sense at all. Live in Tulsa? Great! You're blocked from the Royals, Cards, Rangers & Astros (Houston is 500 miles from Tulsa)

• On the post: Elon Says ExTwitter Will Sue The Group ExTwitter ‘Excitedly’ Joined Just Last Week

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2024 @ 10:59am

  That darn Elmo!

  I used to work for a major newspaper. Airlines told us not to run their ads after a commercial air crash. It wasn't a boycott and nobody threatened to sue anybody. Just spitballin' here, but what if—just maybe—Elmo didn't run ads next to neo-Nazi tweets? Of course, Elmo's reposts and hearty endorsements are another story. Wouldn't that be better than a trial where the defense teams present some of the more erudite neo-Nazis' brain-droppings?

• On the post: $2,350 Amazon ‘Astro’ Business Robots To Become Pointless Paperweights 11 Months After Release

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2024 @ 03:32pm

  I didn't know I needed it...and I still don't

  Still trying to figure out how man survived for millennia without the benefit of a "smart" grill.

• On the post: McDonald’s Gives Up On ‘AI’ After Comedy Of Errors, Including Putting Bacon On Ice Cream

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2024 @ 07:37am

  uummm, baaa-con

  ...had bacon added to their ice cream in error.”

  Bacon on ice cream isn't quite the own some think it is. Name something that DOESN'T taste better with bacon.

• On the post: Canada Imposes 5% Tax On Streaming To Fund Local News, Diverse Content

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2024 @ 08:54am

  “We’re going to pass this tax on to customers in our fees"

  More precisely, we're going to piggyback a rate hike on top of the tax and blame badman govt.

• On the post: Schools’ Social Media Ban Backfires, Jeopardizing Student Privacy

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2024 @ 11:46am

  *When Will They Ever Learn? Where's the edit button?

• On the post: Schools’ Social Media Ban Backfires, Jeopardizing Student Privacy

  

  freakanatcha ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2024 @ 11:37am

  Will Whey They Ever Learn...

  Schools trying to ban popular teen activities inevitably produces unintended consequences. Example: The ban on dancing in "Footloose" led to Kenny Loggins being played on the radio approximately every 7 minutes. And was society better off as a result?

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