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I understand not only the what, but the why (lemmy.world)
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[-] Shawdow194@kbin.social 52 points 9 months ago

Adding Xfinity - Comcast to this list

[-] grue@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago

See also:

  • Constellis Holdings, née Academi, née Xe Services, née Blackwater (mercenary group owned by right-wing politicians)
  • Altria, née Philip Morris (tobacco manufacturer)
  • CoreCivic, née Corrections Corporation of America (private prison operator)
  • Chiquita, née United Fruit Company and Cuyamel Fruit Company (overthrew the government of Honduras, among other things)
[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 9 months ago

Having fallen in love with Carmen Miranda before reading La United Fruit Company stilllll sucks.

Also add Blackwater to this list. Warcrimes and looting by American plutocratic mercenaries and now their name is not obviously pronounceable. They did an amazingly good [bad for everyone but them] rename.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Also add Blackwater to this list.

They've changed names so many times I guess you missed that it was already there:

  • Constellis Holdings, née Academi, née Xe Services, née Blackwater
[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

Is there a makemesuffer community (with more than 0 posts)? Because that’s where this belongs. Jesus Christ.

[-] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 2 points 9 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !makemesuffer@lemmy.ml

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Are you a knight who says Nee?

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

Kinda shocked that the most hated company on Lemmy (Nеstlé) hasn’t tried their luck at this game yet

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I guess Nestlé isn't hated enough by the general public yet. We need to step up our game.

[-] subtext@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I so very much appreciate your use of née

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Charter did the same thing with Spectrum.

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