Yeah despite the supposed call out within the comic, the fourth panel here is quite literally the punchline and the comic would be devoid of one without it. Which is pretty amusing, considering the topic
It's actually a reference to a major US-based robocall scam; see my other comment.
From Knowyourmeme:
“According to an NPR interview from April 2021, phone scams about “your car’s extended warranty” started in the United States in 2007. A company called US Fidelis started a robocall campaign in 2007 that was legal but deceptive. Within the fine print of the extended warranty contract they offered was a clause that exempted US Fidelis from paying for a car’s repair in the shop. US Fidelis preyed on people who answered the robocall and signed the contract without reading all of the fine print.”
In America a "popular" (see: frequent) scam phone robocall campaign became so ubiquitous in/around 2007 that almost everyone has received the call at least once. From Knowyourmeme:
"According to an NPR interview from April 2021, phone scams about "your car's extended warranty" started in the United States in 2007. A company called US Fidelis started a robocall campaign in 2007 that was legal but deceptive. Within the fine print of the extended warranty contract they offered was a clause that exempted US Fidelis from paying for a car's repair in the shop. US Fidelis preyed on people who answered the robocall and signed the contract without reading all of the fine print."
And again, merely referencing something isn't a substitute for humor. This is still a shit meme despite the lore.
Call me the fun police, but I have never once laughed at a single extended warranty joke. To me this is the same the stupid John Cena you can't see shit or the dumb pretend outrage about pizza toppings.
These pop culture things that have the cadence of a joke but nothing to offer beyond "hey remember this?" just feel so pointless to me.
Television and movies have conditioned people to believe that things have a way of just working out. I'm not kidding, I'm serious. This is a huge problem. People believe that nothing truly terrible can happen to them, and that when danger presents some force, god, America, luck, whatever, is going to swoop in and save them.
I truly believe the American people believe this. Imo step 1 in saving America is convincing Americans that nobody is coming to save us, WE have to do the work and save ourselves. Until they put to rest the childish idea of an outside savior, they're trapped.
I think about this all the time when it comes to Trump's social media posts (which seem to be the majority of his communication).
Trump ain't writing those. Those are carefully crafted to sound like stupid and ignorant Trump, but they're obviously not him as his social media posts are clearer and more nefarious.
Like I think Trump is an evil bastard and terrible in countless ways, but I genuinely don't think he knows what is going on and is himself just a Stooge of something bigger. I really don't think he's behind almost any of his social media posts these days.
Legitimately the stupidest comment I've read all week.
You understand you're saying that the doomsday scenario here isn't any actual doomsday, but people talking about a possible doomsday? Come on, fuck right off.
Truly this might be the single most pearl-clutcher comment on Lemmy.
That's exactly what the US government did under Teddy Roosevelt when it forced by law these large entities to divest and break up into smaller ones not subsidiarized to each other. And yes, they should also do this to Amazon and Microsoft.
edit: I guess I should say I understand they can't force them to break up in this instance, but they can simply state they won't do business with the entities at present and recommend it. If that doesn't happen, I am confident other savvy investors will be happy to fill any hole left by these giants. The world will keep turning, I promise.
I'll never understand people who don't love leftovers.
Bro, leftovers are a free bonus meal.
They're the 'Buy 1 Get 1 Free' of cooking.
There's nothing better than coming home and knowing you've already got a bomb ass dinner ready because you made enough the night before.