Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for August 11, 2022

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    Imagine  about 2 years ago

    You have no idea how right you were.

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    Yontrop  about 2 years ago

    In Europe there’s lots of free content from satellites and you don’t need a disk that big to receive it. Don’t they have that in the US, or was it just back then?

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    bmiller Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Yeah. It’s called abortion.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Somehow back when, I used aluminum foil to get HBO badly. Broke down and paid for it after a few times.

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    LightWarriorK  about 2 years ago

    The more things change, the more things stay the same.

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    Bruce1253  about 2 years ago

    From the old “You might be a Redneck” series: “You might be a Redneck if you put your satellite dish out front because it costs more than your trailer.”

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    RadioDial Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Idea was the cable netwrks beamed their channels back to earth for rebroadcast by all the local cable networks. Little did they know that small “startups” would find a way to make earth stations relative cheap, and homeowners snapped them up. Once they started scrambling the signal, the thing with Oliver and his dad was a real.

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    delennwen  about 2 years ago

    “Just desserts”? Is he pirating the Food Network?

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    ChukLitl Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Theft has often been the basis of economies. Ransom works, too.

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    awcoffman  about 2 years ago

    This is the 1980’s. You want to talk about fascism, wait about 30 years. You ain’t seen nothing yet.

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    Holden Awn  about 2 years ago

    We are constantly surrounded by frequencies: radio; tv; cell phones; radiation; etc. I’ve always felt that if I can somehow build a device that let’s me see / hear / visualize these frequencies that bombard me, more power to me. I guess that puts me philosophically among the ‘pirates’.

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    schaefer jim  about 2 years ago

    Funny way back then, funny now!

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    Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Republican Christian Anarcichists?

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    Realimaginary1 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    People spent a lot of money on planned obsolescence.

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    Brian  Premium Member about 2 years ago

    In those early days, people could get raw feed from sporting events and things. So during the commercial breaks, you’d just hear the announcers just talking among themselves. A guy at work had a big dish, he lived way out in the country. He subscribed to a newsletter (back when such things were sent by mail) with the latest descrambling tips and equipment diagrams and such.

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    Sisyphos  about 2 years ago

    It doesn’t get any better, Oliver. Just more expensive….

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