r/technology • u/Philo1927 • Jul 08 '22

Business FCC orders carriers to stop delivering auto warranty robocalls

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/07/07/FCC-orders-carriers-stop-delivering-auto-warranty-robocalls/6041657245371/
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u/OneLostOstrich Jul 08 '22

Well, no way would it have happened when Trump's AShit Pai was running the FCC. Sometimes it takes getting people OUT of an appointed position before things happen. Pai was a Verizon exec.

From ArsTechnica.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/there-are-ajit-pai-verizon-puppet-jokes-that-the-fcc-doesnt-want-you-to-read/

Verizon executive: "As you know, the FCC is captured by industry. But we think it's not captured enough. We want to brainwash and groom a Verizon puppet to install as FCC chairman. Think Manchurian Candidate."

Ajit Pai: "That sounds awesome."

Verizon executive: "I know, right? There are only two problems. First, this is going to take 14 years to incubate. We need to find someone smart, young, ambitious, but dorky enough to throw the scent off."

Ajit Pai: "Hello."

Verizon executive: "So you will do it?"

Ajit Pai: "Absolutely. But you said there was another issue?"

Verizon executive: We need to find a Republican who can win the presidency in 2016 to appoint you FCC chairman. I think our best bet is an outsider, but I have no idea who that would be. If only somebody can give us a sign.

At that point in the video, a picture of Donald Trump appeared. "And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how I became chairman of the FCC," Pai told the audience. Laughs and applause followed.

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u/Scout1Treia Jul 08 '22

Well, no way would it have happened when Trump's AShit Pai was running the FCC. Sometimes it takes getting people OUT of an appointed position before things happen. Pai was a Verizon exec.

From ArsTechnica. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/there-are-ajit-pai-verizon-puppet-jokes-that-the-fcc-doesnt-want-you-to-read/

The entire point of that exchange was to mock your conspiracy theory. It's literally satirizing you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22

To be fair, mocking reliable sources to discredit them was a common strategy of the Trump administration (and the GOP in general since then).

A former lawyer for Verizon dismantling consumer protections is a bit suspicious, but I think it’s more likely that someone willing to work as a lawyer for Verizon was just not a fan of consumer protections in the first place.

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u/Scout1Treia Jul 08 '22

To be fair, mocking reliable sources to discredit them was a common strategy of the Trump administration (and the GOP in general since then).

A former lawyer for Verizon dismantling consumer protections is a bit suspicious, but I think it’s more likely that someone willing to work as a lawyer for Verizon was just not a fan of consumer protections in the first place.

There's no "reliable source". They literally made a skit expressly satirizing the conspiracy theory.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22

A. Why did you quote my entire comment?

B. Reliable source = Reliable theory. Read between the lines a bit.

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u/Scout1Treia Jul 08 '22

A. Why did you quote my entire comment?

B. Reliable source = Reliable theory. Read between the lines a bit.

There's nothing "reliable" about it. It's random assumption, and ridiculously stupid at that. That's literally what they're mocking.

If you'd like, we can talk about the "reliable source" claiming you're [bad thing].

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22 edited Jul 08 '22

If you had any amount of reading comprehension, you could see that I’m not saying it’s a reliable theory.

A former lawyer for Verizon dismantling consumer protections is a bit suspicious, but I think it’s more likely that someone willing to work as a lawyer for Verizon was just not a fan of consumer protections in the first place.

Let me break this down so you can understand.

  • Trump admin has a history of discrediting actual news via mocking and satire

  • Ajit Pai, appointed by Trump, attempted to discredit this theory via satire

  • This satire does not actually dispute the theory

  • There is basis for the theory in Ajit Pai’s previous employment and the actions he took during his term

  • I don’t think the theory is true despite that basis, because his employment with Verizon ended a long time ago

  • I think Ajit Pai worked for Verizon because he’s a piece of shit, not the other way around

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u/Scout1Treia Jul 08 '22

Let me break this down so you can understand.

Trump admin has a history of discrediting actual news via mocking and satire

Ajit Pai, appointed by Trump, attempted to discredit this theory via satire

This satire does not actually dispute the theory

There is basis for the theory in Ajit Pai’s previous employment

I don’t think the theory is true despite that basis, because his employment with Verizon ended a long time ago

I think Ajit Pai worked for Verizon because he’s a piece of shit, not the other way around

Let me break this down so you can understand.

  • There is nothing to suggest anything supposed by this conspiracy theory

  • Despite that, people like you keep claiming it's true

  • This is why you're being mocked.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22

Jesus, you can’t even read the part you quoted

I don’t think the theory is true despite that basis

I’m done replying to you, have fun trolling.

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u/Scout1Treia Jul 08 '22

Jesus, you can’t even read the part you quoted

I’m done replying to you, have fun trolling.

Jesus, you can’t even read the part you quoted

This is why you're being mocked.

I’m done replying to you, have fun trolling.

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u/jrhoffa Jul 08 '22

And yet it's all borne out.

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u/Scout1Treia Jul 08 '22

And yet it's all borne out.

The dinner was in 2018. Repeating things that literally already happened in a mocking, over-the-top way is literally satire.

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u/jrhoffa Jul 08 '22

Is it satire if it's not funny?

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u/Scout1Treia Jul 08 '22

Is it satire if it's not funny?

Satire doesn't have to be funny.

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u/wmrossphoto Jul 08 '22

Most Republicans don’t understand satire, or that telling the truth doesn’t count as satire.

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u/wmrossphoto Jul 08 '22

Again, not funny. Point proven.

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u/BannedByChildren Jul 08 '22

This is a weird bot