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[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 8 hours ago

This was from the cool time when companies used their money to make things even if they're only tangentially related to their business. The mickelin guide and the gennis book of records are cut from the same cloth.

Now companies just spend money on stock buybacks and other financial chicanery.