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    Ryan_Long: We watched the Snoop Dogg movie around Halloween time, and let me tell you- it was 'dogg' gone awful. I mean, Jason Alexander with a British accent? A... more »
    Hospitals in Hawaii?: haha, oh jeezus. Someone buy that cheeky-dog a soda. more »
    korybing: How do you get a job writing these things, is my question. more »
    MacBandit: It's one of the reasons I hated Comcast's guide so much. Is is so hard to be independent and non-critical? They frequently insult characters and mov... more »
    Munch the BanNail: Its like reading Woot product descriptions. more »
    madog: My brother and I talk about this every now and then, and we'll even call each other up when we see something particularly brutal. Its one thing I do l... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: I was watching my FiOS one day, and the following caught my eye as I scrolled by, and I had to take a picture. I mean, who DOESN'T remember the name ... more »
    dfp3050: lol, I used to have Comcast and I always loved reading the descriptions. They're awesome! more »
    RoboBagins: I never see these! Damn, all comcast info blurbs should be written like this. more »
    OCEntertainment: If this is faked, I don't want to know. If this is real, I will absolutely buy this guy a beverage of his choice. Good show. more »
    Bertone77: Quick Giz! Get this guy on staff! more »
    Sprzout: Ok, so here's the thing...I work for an ISP (which shall remain nameless so that I don't have the wrath of the company coming down on me and therefore... more »
    MrEvil: I got one once. That was when I stopped using public trackers. more »
    bonedog73: I have a decent job and I pay for my media, movies, music etc.... sometimes I pay for crap and it pisses me off, but that's why the interwebs are so h... more »
    Joe: Change you DNS server to Googles, then TW wont bother you. more »
    UnderLoK: You know what scares you straight? Watching people get arrested and some sent to jail. One bust in 99 sent a few up the river and a massive one in 200... more »
    dO_Ob: What I don't understand is why the ISP's would ever threaten to turn off your internet for pirating. Lets be honest people. A ISP is a company, compa... more »
    Chris Raimondi: Current uTorrent stats: 8.54 TB uploaded 528 GB downloaded That is a 16.56x ratio :] (735 different torrents and no emails from Verizon ) more »
    tenner: I'm a Time Warner subscriber, and they use this technique to alert you of other issues too. I had a Linux box on my network to which I assigned defau... more »
    zaghy2zy: I am still laughing how my friends got warnings and NEVER had any. lol and we all have the same ISP. hehehe, and the funny thing is their parents were... more »
  • #comcast

    Whoever Writes Comcast's Movie Descriptions Is a Genius

    This astute synopsis of Lindsay Lohan's ultra-meta pièce de résistance isn't a fluke—no, over at Comcast, movie summarization has been elevated to an artform. That, or their whole staff has a raging pill habit. Either way! More »
  • #piracy

    Time Warner Hijacked My Browser Because of Piracy

    Time Warner, perhaps hip to the fact that I haven't bothered to check my meat space snail mail mailbox in the last three weeks, took matters into their own hands and inserted this warning directly into my browser. More »
  • #comcast

    Comcast Delivering Two More Apps For The Holidays

    Continuing Comcast's big day, Zats has learned that the cable provider will be rolling out two more customer apps (in addition to their data usage meter) in the near future: Xfinity and remote DVR scheduling. More »
  • #3d

    3D TV: Blu-ray Looks Great, But What's Next?

    3D TV hardware still has a ways to go, but Panasonic's vision is starting to congeal: It will require glasses, and—at least for some content—it will be awesome. But wait, quick question! What will we watch? More »
  • #cablevision

    Cablevision Scamming People Into Getting Converter Box With Basic Service

    A Consumerist reader looking to hook up basic service to a cable-ready TV was told by Cablevision that a converter box would be needed "no matter what." He was also accused of being "disrespectful." More »