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40 % of AOL subscribers don't own puters!
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:56 pm
by Hattrick
'tis
true 
OK so maybe not so true
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:08 pm
by Unix
"The fact that they opted not only to keep these clients, but actually pursue such customers with increasing aggressiveness, bespeaks a serious ethical collapse at AOL"
Hard to collapse when it was never built.
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:14 pm
by Krom
DAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! LMAO!
If its true it is proof that the more stupid people you prey on the more money you make.
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:34 pm
by Iceman
"Well, I got the disk in the mail, and it said if I wanted to subscribed I should send money to these people," said Carl Lewen, an AOL subscriber in Kentucky who does not own a computer. "It never said anything about having to do anything with the disk. I thought it was kind of like a souvenir."
What a maroon ...
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:44 pm
by Krom
The part about "virus protection" will protect you from the Flu was also too funny.
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:16 am
by Ferno
where's an owned pic for AOL when you need one?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:02 am
by woodchip
How can they be "clients" if they don't pay the monthly fee?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:00 am
by Vertigo 99
is this really true?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:35 pm
by Top Gun
Vertigo 99 wrote:is this really true?
Um, did you actually read the whole article?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:41 pm
by Duper
I hardly consider this a reputable source.
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:47 pm
by Warlock
0.o
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:46 pm
by Hattrick
this was a parody
here is their
disclaimer
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:05 pm
by Arbitar
The truth behind AOL ¬_¬
^_^
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:56 pm
by Richard Cranium
"I kind of thought it was like subscribing to the yellow pages," said Lewen. "We kept getting copies of the phone book, so I thought AOL was doing that. I also wanted the virus protection, because it was flu season."
Too funny!
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:13 pm
by Vertigo 99
Top Gun wrote:Vertigo 99 wrote:is this really true?
Um, did you actually read the whole article?
nope. i just saw the headline and was like "what the ★■◆●"
there are a lot of stupid people nowadays, you never know...
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:23 pm
by Stryker
I wouldn't be surprised... It says a lot about the human race in general, doesn't it?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:56 pm
by Ford Prefect
Please read the discaimer section of the website.
In part:
The Watley Review is dedicated to the production of articles completely without journalistic merit or factual basis, as this would entail leaving our chairs or actually working. Names, places and events are generally fictitious, except for public figures about which we may have heard something down at the pub. All contents are intended as parody and should be construed as such. We have no agenda other than the depletion of Uncle Zeke's whaling trust fund and the dutiful appreciation of smooth, smooth liquor. The Review is updated every Tuesday, when the hangovers wear off.