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[–] ulkesh 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ah, but is there Sy in Syfy?

No. No there isn’t.

[–] MegaUltraChicken 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I will never understand that stupid name change...

[–] SkunkWorkz 6 points 2 months ago

For branding. Sci-fi is generic and can’t be trademarked. While SyFy can be trademarked

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah. I think they were trying to be edgy. Or maybe some guy named Sy Fy did the name change while everyone else was on break.

[–] billwashere 2 points 2 months ago

I’m sorry but I just call that the syphilis channel because that’s what pops into my head when I read syfy.