40 % of AOL subscribers don't own puters!

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40 % of AOL subscribers don't own puters!

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'tis true :P

OK so maybe not so true :P
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"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.
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DAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! LMAO!

If its true it is proof that the more stupid people you prey on the more money you make. :P
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"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 ...
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Post by Krom »

The part about "virus protection" will protect you from the Flu was also too funny.
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where's an owned pic for AOL when you need one?
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How can they be "clients" if they don't pay the monthly fee?
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is this really true?
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Post by Top Gun »

Vertigo 99 wrote:is this really true?
Um, did you actually read the whole article? :P
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I hardly consider this a reputable source.
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0.o
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this was a parody :)

here is their disclaimer
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Post by Arbitar »

The truth behind AOL ¬_¬

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"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!
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Post by Vertigo 99 »

Top Gun wrote:
Vertigo 99 wrote:is this really true?
Um, did you actually read the whole article? :P
nope. i just saw the headline and was like "what the ★■◆●"

there are a lot of stupid people nowadays, you never know...
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I wouldn't be surprised... It says a lot about the human race in general, doesn't it?
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Post 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.
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