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  • I have never thought of this before, but you are on to something.

    The show has done quite a few advertisements as part of the show. First that comes to mind are Fight Milk, Kitton Mittons, and Patty’s Shotgun, which aren’t real of course. Dick towel was made to be real but that was just a genuinely good idea.

    In one scene an individual is mentioned eating a whole sleeve of Oreos, but based on the way they talk about the Oreos and the person eating them, no way they got paid to mention the product. The show also depicts Wawas quite badly in a similar way. Wouldn’t be surprised if those got mentioned purely because of their ubiquity in some areas including Philly, and not as paid advertisements. Sears comes up in one episode, but they are seemingly critiquing this exact type of advertisement as it is used in the Extreme Home Makeover show. I wonder if they were paid or if they were just convenient plot devices. Dave and Busters and TGI Fridays in the recession episode, of course.

    The Coors Light mentions are in your face ads, but I had to do some real thinking to come up with that one, since I don’t drink beer. Any others you thought of that I fail to remember?



  • How about a spread across genres in no particular order:

    Death Note (controversial, considering the ending)

    You’re the Worst (underappreciated masterpiece)

    Avatar the Last Airbender

    The Good Place

    It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (incomplete, but has maintained a 10)

    Breaking Bad, which is worth listing again even though you mentioned it.

    I wouldn’t say it’s quiiite there, but honorable mention to Modern Family, which is the best episodic sitcom I can think of. Has some meh moments but starts and ends as a 10.


  • Some thoughts I have which oppose your argument:

    1. A mod can only be expected to be responsible for their own community. It is not reasonable to expect them to know the rules of other communities to know a post applies.

    2. Some posts do not have an applicable community. The posts may not have a general place to be sent to.

    3. There is no tool I am aware of to allow mods to send posts elsewhere without simply posting from their own account. I’m not sure that the use case here would justify the work needed to create that tool.

    4. Removes posts have been determined to be problematic by nature of being deemed to need removal. Is incorrect posting not a problem?

    5. When a mod removes a post, they would presumably tell you the rule which was broken. You may be able to adjust the post accordingly and resubmit.

    6. Bigger is not necessarily better, and Lemmy may not need a growth advantage. Being hard to use keeps out much of the general population, which I’ve seen suggested as a benefit more than a hindrance.