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Nestle Petitions To Cancel ‘Seattle Strong’ Coffee Trademark, Arguing It Owns Seattle (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Anybody else remember the Pequod's vs QueeQueg's coffee plotline in Deus Ex Invisible War, the sort of bastard step child sequel?

I remember originally thinking it was way, way too on the nose, so as to be just actually goofy writing.

Welp, I used to think the same about Idiocracy, and reality seems hell bent on lowering its writing standards.

Christ.

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Seattle's Best Coffee, Seattle Strong Coffee, Seattle's Most Social Isolated Coffee...

All Goddamned Nestle!

To the tone, cadence, and intensity of:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bifOI4MbHVU