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[–] LustyArgonianMana 9 points 2 months ago

There is no war in Ba Sing Se

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

There is no Mötorhead on Lemmy

[–] Etterra 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember when The Learning Channel had learning on it. Now watching it actively depletes your intellect.

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[–] Sam_Bass 7 points 2 months ago

Its all simple minded commercial fodder. Geared to hold the attention of the slow witted emotion driven masses long enough to throw ads down their psychological throats

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

And Beyond 2000 stopped airing in 1999

[–] rob_t_firefly 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's little to no British content on BBC America.

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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX 5 points 2 months ago

And there are no Indians in Indiana.

To the tune of Home Again In Indiana:

There are no Indians, in In-diana Most were removed, through treaties And the Del-a-ware, had no care went to Miss-ou-ri, with ease The Shaw-nee screwed, the Mi-am-i With the treaty, of, Fort Wayne William Hen-ry Harr-i-son versus Te-cumseh The In-dian's loss, became, whitey's gain Now there are no Indians in In-diana

[–] _lilith 5 points 2 months ago

Travel channel and Food network switch content sometimes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's the same here in the UK, multiple BBC channels all disappointing

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

Under capitalism, when you have the perfect product the only way to continue to increase profits is to make cheaper and shittier

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

There's no entertainment on BET

[–] sparr 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Learning Channel changed their name to TLC when they stopped carrying educational content.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

No Turner on the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's no Nick's on Nickelodeon.

[–] AngryCommieKender 3 points 2 months ago

Nick Cannon used to have a show on Nickelodeon

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[–] Snapz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Not being 14 doesn't make it not true

[–] DarkCloud 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I've heard it said, lawyers and police create criminals, doctors create sick people, politicians create corruption.

Don't know how true a sentiment that is, but I can see some true aspects to it.

[–] Kintarian 2 points 2 months ago

It's only anecdotal, but it seems to me whenever the cops show up it gets worse.

[–] LemmyRefugee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is no democracy in a democratic country.

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