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lilORANG 09/14/17 10:35:09 AM #1:	When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years? --- #FeelTheBern http://i.imgur.com/q5z4CUu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6B9oFXh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sy42Dlf.jpg <cite>lilORANG posted [p:886584381] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote>When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/14/17 10:36:04 AM #2:	lilORANG posted... When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years? You, uh, rent flix, over the net. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:886584426] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote>When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years?</quote> You, uh, rent flix, over the net.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
snesmaster40 09/14/17 10:36:25 AM #3:	Wasn't it because you had to use the Internet to use the service? --- Kizuna Ai plays Quick, Draw! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO7n_qaQJUA <cite>snesmaster40 posted [p:886584442] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote>Wasn't it because you had to use the Internet to use the service?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 09/14/17 10:36:37 AM #4:	Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. http://i.imgtc.com/tHc3mIo.png http://i.imgtc.com/PYxw8Lm.png <cite>Irony posted [p:886584451] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote>Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 09/14/17 10:38:06 AM #5:	Irony posted... Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet yes, or did they also offer a service where you could take a fishing net to blockbuster and whatever you fit inside they'd pay for? --- #FeelTheBern http://i.imgur.com/q5z4CUu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6B9oFXh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sy42Dlf.jpg <cite>lilORANG posted [p:886584533] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>Irony posted...</cite> <quote>Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet</quote> yes, or did they also offer a service where you could take a fishing net to blockbuster and whatever you fit inside they'd pay for?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 09/14/17 10:39:58 AM #6:	Questionmarktarius posted... lilORANG posted... When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years? You, uh, rent flix, over the the net. This. The original service was designed around mailing DVDs, which you ordered over the internet. --- Currently Binging: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex http://i.imgtc.com/YQId2Bz.png <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:886584615] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote>When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years?</quote> You, uh, rent flix, over the the net.</quote> This. The original service was designed around mailing DVDs, which you ordered over the internet.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 09/14/17 10:40:41 AM #7:	AlisLandale posted... Questionmarktarius posted... lilORANG posted... When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years? You, uh, rent flix, over the the net. This. The original service was designed around mailing DVDs, which you ordered over the internet. so it should have been called mailflix, or postflix. These guys had mad foresight. --- #FeelTheBern http://i.imgur.com/q5z4CUu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6B9oFXh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sy42Dlf.jpg <cite>lilORANG posted [p:886584657] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote>When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years?</quote> You, uh, rent flix, over the the net.</quote> This. The original service was designed around mailing DVDs, which you ordered over the internet.</quote> so it should have been called mailflix, or postflix. These guys had mad foresight.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
blablablax17 09/14/17 10:41:03 AM #8:	AlisLandale posted... Questionmarktarius posted... lilORANG posted... When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years? You, uh, rent flix, over the the net. This. The original service was designed around mailing DVDs, which you ordered over the internet. This. Don't remember how they started? --- Derp <cite>blablablax17 posted [p:886584668] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote>When it started it was a DVD rental service. How'd the have the foresight to call it Netflix when it wouldn't be all internet for several years?</quote> You, uh, rent flix, over the the net.</quote> This. The original service was designed around mailing DVDs, which you ordered over the internet.</quote> This. Don't remember how they started?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 09/14/17 10:41:07 AM #9:	lilORANG posted... Irony posted... Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet yes, or did they also offer a service where you could take a fishing net to blockbuster and whatever you fit inside they'd pay for? No offense, but are you stupid? --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. http://i.imgtc.com/tHc3mIo.png http://i.imgtc.com/PYxw8Lm.png <cite>Irony posted [p:886584671] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Irony posted...</cite> <quote>Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet</quote> yes, or did they also offer a service where you could take a fishing net to blockbuster and whatever you fit inside they'd pay for?</quote> No offense, but are you stupid?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/14/17 10:42:41 AM #10:	blablablax17 posted... Don't remember how they started? They still do, despite the slow and ongoing decay in disc availability. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:886584735] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>blablablax17 posted...</cite> <quote>Don't remember how they started?</quote> They still do, despite the slow and ongoing decay in disc availability.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 09/14/17 10:43:12 AM #11:	Irony posted... lilORANG posted... Irony posted... Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet yes, or did they also offer a service where you could take a fishing net to blockbuster and whatever you fit inside they'd pay for? No offense, but are you stupid? I suppose "net" could also mean a "net" gain/loss, but I aint got time to discuss every net homonym. --- #FeelTheBern http://i.imgur.com/q5z4CUu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6B9oFXh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sy42Dlf.jpg <cite>lilORANG posted [p:886584750] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>Irony posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Irony posted...</cite> <quote>Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet</quote> yes, or did they also offer a service where you could take a fishing net to blockbuster and whatever you fit inside they'd pay for?</quote> No offense, but are you stupid?</quote> I suppose "net" could also mean a "net" gain/loss, but I aint got time to discuss every net homonym.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AlisLandale 09/14/17 10:46:23 AM #13:	lilORANG posted... so it should have been called mailflix, or postflix. These guys had mad foresight. Netflix was founded in 1997. Idk if you remember it, but that was still during a period of time when the internet was super fucking chic, and not a staple of everyday life. Calling it "netflix" was probably the raddest name they could think of in the 90s. --- Currently Binging: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex http://i.imgtc.com/YQId2Bz.png <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:886584897] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote> so it should have been called mailflix, or postflix. These guys had mad foresight.</quote> Netflix was founded in 1997. Idk if you remember it, but that was still during a period of time when the internet was super fucking chic, and not a staple of everyday life. Calling it "netflix" was probably the raddest name they could think of in the 90s.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 09/14/17 10:46:28 AM #14:	Asherlee10 posted... lilORANG posted... Irony posted... lilORANG posted... Irony posted... Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet yes, or did they also offer a service where you could take a fishing net to blockbuster and whatever you fit inside they'd pay for? No offense, but are you stupid? I suppose "net" could also mean a "net" gain/loss, but I aint got time to discuss every net homonym. It means Internet. I agree but that dude was asking for homonyms --- #FeelTheBern http://i.imgur.com/q5z4CUu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6B9oFXh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sy42Dlf.jpg <cite>lilORANG posted [p:886584900] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>Asherlee10 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Irony posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Irony posted...</cite> <quote>Implying that the only use for "net" is when you refer to the internet</quote> yes, or did they also offer a service where you could take a fishing net to blockbuster and whatever you fit inside they'd pay for?</quote> No offense, but are you stupid?</quote> I suppose "net" could also mean a "net" gain/loss, but I aint got time to discuss every net homonym.</quote> It means Internet.</quote> I agree but that dude was asking for homonyms</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
blablablax17 09/14/17 10:48:43 AM #15:	AlisLandale posted... lilORANG posted... so it should have been called mailflix, or postflix. These guys had mad foresight. Netflix was founded in 1997. Idk if you remember it, but that was still during a period of time when the internet was super fucking chic, and not a staple of everyday life. Calling it "netflix" was probably the raddest name they could think of in the 90s. Remember when everything was part of "THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY!"? --- Derp <cite>blablablax17 posted [p:886585007] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote> so it should have been called mailflix, or postflix. These guys had mad foresight.</quote> Netflix was founded in 1997. Idk if you remember it, but that was still during a period of time when the internet was super fucking chic, and not a staple of everyday life. Calling it "netflix" was probably the raddest name they could think of in the 90s.</quote> Remember when everything was part of "THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY!"?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 09/14/17 11:23:15 AM #16:	blablablax17 posted... Remember when everything was part of "THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY!"? Kekekekeke. It's crazy. The internet used to be this magical electric world of infinite possibilities. Society's become too jaded. >_> --- Currently Binging: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex http://i.imgtc.com/YQId2Bz.png <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:886586754] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>blablablax17 posted...</cite> <quote>Remember when everything was part of "THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY!"?</quote> Kekekekeke. It's crazy. The internet used to be this magical electric world of infinite possibilities. Society's become too jaded. >_></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ivynn 09/14/17 11:27:27 AM #17:	How young is TC that he doesn't remember Netflix's original purpose? --- http://i.imgur.com/vDci4hD.gif <cite>Ivynn posted [p:886586963] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote>How young is TC that he doesn't remember Netflix's original purpose?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
armandro 09/14/17 11:28:38 AM #18:	TC sounds like a 16 year old --- http://i.imgur.com/sKghEcP.gif 8 October, 2023 <cite>armandro posted [p:886587019] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote>TC sounds like a 16 year old</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 09/14/17 11:30:09 AM #19:	AlisLandale posted... lilORANG posted... so it should have been called mailflix, or postflix. These guys had mad foresight. Netflix was founded in 1997. Idk if you remember it, but that was still during a period of time when the internet was super fucking chic, and not a staple of everyday life. Calling it "netflix" was probably the raddest name they could think of in the 90s. that just makes it more impressive tbh. I still had dial up until like 2002 --- #FeelTheBern http://i.imgur.com/q5z4CUu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6B9oFXh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sy42Dlf.jpg <cite>lilORANG posted [p:886587107] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote> so it should have been called mailflix, or postflix. These guys had mad foresight.</quote> Netflix was founded in 1997. Idk if you remember it, but that was still during a period of time when the internet was super fucking chic, and not a staple of everyday life. Calling it "netflix" was probably the raddest name they could think of in the 90s.</quote> that just makes it more impressive tbh. I still had dial up until like 2002</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 09/14/17 11:31:01 AM #20:	lilORANG posted... that just makes it more impressive tbh. I still had dial up until like 2002 What do you think dial up is? >___> --- Currently Binging: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex http://i.imgtc.com/YQId2Bz.png <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:886587154] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote>that just makes it more impressive tbh. I still had dial up until like 2002</quote> What do you think dial up is? >___></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 09/14/17 11:31:36 AM #21:	AlisLandale posted... lilORANG posted... that just makes it more impressive tbh. I still had dial up until like 2002 What do you think dial up is? >___> is this a trick question? --- #FeelTheBern http://i.imgur.com/q5z4CUu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6B9oFXh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sy42Dlf.jpg <cite>lilORANG posted [p:886587184] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote><cite>lilORANG posted...</cite> <quote>that just makes it more impressive tbh. I still had dial up until like 2002</quote> What do you think dial up is? >___></quote> is this a trick question?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DoctorVader 09/14/17 11:32:50 AM #22:	Yeah man, they went to the future in their time machine and stole the name from their future selves. --- It all just disappears, doesn't it? Everything you are, gone in a moment, like breath on a mirror. - The Doctor <cite>DoctorVader posted [p:886587246] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote>Yeah man, they went to the future in their time machine and stole the name from their future selves.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 09/14/17 4:52:43 PM #23:	DoctorVader posted... Yeah man, they went to the future in their time machine and stole the name from their future selves. crazier things have happened. --- #FeelTheBern http://i.imgur.com/q5z4CUu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6B9oFXh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sy42Dlf.jpg <cite>lilORANG posted [p:886605023] in Why is it ... [t:75773945]...</cite> <quote><cite>DoctorVader posted...</cite> <quote>Yeah man, they went to the future in their time machine and stole the name from their future selves.</quote> crazier things have happened.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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