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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yes because there are certain areas where paid actors, including bots, overwhelm any organic discussion. I have discussions about stuff like that in private chats with people I actually know.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The original company is not.

On February 13, 1996, Atari agreed to merge with JTS Inc., a short-lived maker of hard disk drives, in a reverse takeover to form JTS Corporation.[4][2] The reverse merger was completed on July 30, 1996.[1] Atari's role in the new company largely became a holder for most of its properties. Most of Atari's staff members were either dismissed or resigned, and its Atari Interactive division was quickly shut down,[27] with the remainder of its employees being relocated to JTS's headquarters.[5][28] Consequently, the Atari name almost vanished from the consumer market.

On March 13, 1998, JTS Corporation sold the Atari name and assets to Hasbro Interactive for $5 million,[3] less than a fifth of what Warner Communications had paid 22 years earlier. The transaction primarily involved the brand and intellectual property rights, which Hasbro Interactive largely used as a brand name for retro game releases.[a][b]

On January 29, 2001, Hasbro Interactive was sold to Infogrames,[31] which renamed it Infogrames Interactive and then the Atari Interactive name in 2003. The present day Atari Interactive, through Atari SA, continues to hold and license all Atari trademarks as well as produce many new games, some based on Atari's original properties, to this day.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Corporation

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's like Pleasantville, but in reverse and it's a horror film.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I guess he fits the kicker with an inferiority complex since he isn't a real football player.*

*All other kickers are real football players unless they hold similarly shitty views.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Freshwater clams from the Cuyahoga River?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

...and you just do that thing during stampede of wild elephants in Porky Pig's Russian estate between 3:55 and 4:00 pm on the Fourth of July during a hailstorm. Oh, and there needs to also be one baby zebra bringing up the rear.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Surely engineers have devised ways to reduce pier pressure caused by the flow of water.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yup. By and large, the SEO industry is a cancer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I know you were being metaphorical, but Tommy Tuberville nearly brings your scenario to life. It'd be hilarious if it wasn't real life.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Purity-based movements that use hate as a weapon inevitably end in circular firing squads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This reads more like the panic of an addict who thinks they're about to be cut off and less like a coherent take on the issue.

In reality, even if this passes the Senate, TikTok will be sold to a US-based holding company. Little will change for the end user. It isn't going to shut down. And even if it did shut down (which it won't ), this article really cheapens the meaning of "tragedy."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yup. It'll be Trump's surrender tour.

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