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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Rage Against the McKee on March 19, 2013, 01:43:21 PM
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Last year, the winner of the Worst Company in America tournament was Electronic Arts. Who do you think makes the final four this year?
http://consumerist.com/2013/03/18/here-are-your-contestants-for-the-2013-worst-company-in-america-tournament/ (http://consumerist.com/2013/03/18/here-are-your-contestants-for-the-2013-worst-company-in-america-tournament/)
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woof, lotta butt hurt over there.
That said, eff time warner
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Does this decide #2 behind Monsanto?
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Does this decide #2 behind Monsanto?
I don't think enough people even know who Monsanto is to put them in a bracket like this for small timey website. In my mind, the front runners for the final four are probably EA, Bank of America, Carnival, and Comcast.
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woof, lotta butt hurt over there.
I agree, but brackets are fun.
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Does this decide #2 behind Monsanto?
I don't think enough people even know who Monsanto is to put them in a bracket like this for small timey website. In my mind, the front runners for the final four are probably EA, Bank of America, Carnival, and Comcast.
Well people should really google Monsanto because they're evil as eff
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Does this decide #2 behind Monsanto?
I don't think enough people even know who Monsanto is to put them in a bracket like this for small timey website. In my mind, the front runners for the final four are probably EA, Bank of America, Carnival, and Comcast.
Well people should really google Monsanto because they're evil as eff
I would vote for them, but I imagine butthurt video game players would still vote EA over them.
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That's a mumped up bracket. They put competitors too close to each other, IMO.
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I bet everyone that votes in this poll uses at least 8 of those companies products.
and wtf is wrong with Paypal?
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Paypal is owned by ebay, or visa versa. So like settling fraudulent ebay stuff is a real PITA. Almost always they settle with the vendor since they are of more value to ebay than the customer.
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Carnival
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That's a mumped up bracket. They put competitors too close to each other, IMO.
Goddamnit this pisses me off the more I look at it. Completely mumped up.
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eff Paypal raw dog with a herpes/AIDS infected dick.
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:AA: <--- do not belong in bracket (unless they pull out of MHK)
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I'm fascinated by Monsanto hate. Like, almost as much as by gentrification. Not quite, but IT IS REALLY CLOSE!
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:AA: <--- do not belong in bracket (unless they pull out of MHK)
Yes, I was disappointed by that. I really think they were probably just thrown in there to make Spirit look worse. Spirit is going to get like 90% of that vote most likely.
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Lululemon is now my most hated company. Why ruin a good thing here?
http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/19/news/companies/lululemon-pants/
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rough ridin' Inbev has this thing wrapped up
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:AA: <--- do not belong in bracket (unless they pull out of MHK)
yeah, tons of rubes get butthurt about airlines and their delays and whatnot. mainly because people are rough ridin' idiots. AA and United would probably be number 1 seeds in my Best Boss Stud Company bracket. Spirit probably legitimately deserves to be on the list though.
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Did they just randomly choose 64 companies in the S&P 500?
You could make the argument this bracket is for the most successful company in America.
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I'm fascinated by Monsanto hate. Like, almost as much as by gentrification. Not quite, but IT IS REALLY CLOSE!
Like
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Did they just randomly choose 64 companies in the S&P 500?
You could make the argument this bracket is for the most successful company in America.
I think they just chose the companies people bitch about the most. :dunno:
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Does this decide #2 behind Monsanto?
I don't think enough people even know who Monsanto is to put them in a bracket like this for small timey website. In my mind, the front runners for the final four are probably EA, Bank of America, Carnival, and Comcast.
Well people should really google Monsanto because they're evil as eff
I would vote for them, but I imagine butthurt video game players would still vote EA over them.
When EA stops ruining the video game industry, screwing their customers and destroying franchises, people will stop hating them
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rough ridin' Inbev has this thing wrapped up
^ and Best Buy would be my favorites
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I'm fascinated by Monsanto hate. Like, almost as much as by gentrification. Not quite, but IT IS REALLY CLOSE!
Well, they are associated with 11 Superfund sites. That's pretty impressive given that the company who will probably end up winning makes video games and pisses off video game players. This "Monsanto is evil and owns your soul" line of thought is pretty over the top, though.
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I'm fascinated by Monsanto hate. Like, almost as much as by gentrification. Not quite, but IT IS REALLY CLOSE!
People who don't hate them are either misinformed, uninformed, employees, or just rough ridin' stupid
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Did they just randomly choose 64 companies in the S&P 500?
You could make the argument this bracket is for the most successful company in America.
Also, JCP, Sears, and Best Buy will probably all be bankrupt within 10 years, so I wouldn't say that every company on the list would be on a bracket for most successful company in America.
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I'm fascinated by Monsanto hate. Like, almost as much as by gentrification. Not quite, but IT IS REALLY CLOSE!
People who don't hate them are either misinformed, uninformed, employees, or just rough ridin' stupid
:bwpopcorn:
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EA just fired their ceo like 2 days ago.
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Yeah, what on earth is the criteria for this?
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Shouldn't HSBC be on there and also be predicted to win?
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Shouldn't HSBC be on there and also be predicted to win?
It's a British company, so I think that disqualifies it.
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I hate Wells Fargo.
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Shouldn't HSBC be on there and also be predicted to win?
It's a British company, so I think that disqualifies it.
Oh my bad. I saw about 7 Chinese companies on there and thought it was a multi-national tournament.
On another note, don't ya think Walmart is like the Duke of this tourney?
Always there, makes deep runs, and is hated by almost everyone.
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Activision is worse than EA. Bobby Kotick :flush:
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Activision still makes great games though.
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I hate Wells Fargo.
yes, they suck.
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Activision still makes great games though.
No they don't.
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Looks like Time Warner (79%), Walmart (58%), and DirecTV (56%) are moving to round 2.
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Walmart is a million times better than Best Buy. I rarely go to Walmart, but outside of the people who usually shop there its not that bad.
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People just love hating on Walmart. It should move past those other retailers fairly easily. I don't think people hate Walmart nearly as much as the banks, though.
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Did you hear about the plot to rig global interest rates? The $137 million fine for bilking needy schools and cities? The ingenious plan to suck multiple fees out of the unemployment checks of jobless workers? Take your eyes off them for 10 seconds and guaranteed, they'll be into some crap again: This bank is like the world's worst-behaved teenager, taking your car and running over kittens and fire hydrants on the way to Vegas for the weekend, maxing out your credit cards in the three days you spend at your aunt's funeral. They're out of control, yet they'll never do time or go out of business, because the government remains creepily committed to their survival, like overindulgent parents who refuse to believe their 40-year-old live-at-home son could possibly be responsible for those dead hookers in the backyard.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/bank-of-america-too-crooked-to-fail-20120314
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I hate Wells Fargo.
Yeah...eff those guys too. Will never do business with them again.
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What did Wells Fargo do to you guys?
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Why do people hate DirecTV?
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I have Wells Fargo, I keep them for now because the local people are all former Wachovia.
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What did Wells Fargo do to you guys?
Customer service was horrible and extremely incompetent.
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Why do people hate DirecTV?
I don't see how they are any worse than any other cable or satellite provider. :dunno:
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Update
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I'm a huge Google fan, and I hate Facebook, but you're kidding yourself if you think FB is more evil than Google.
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Facebook took 89% of the vote against Google. I thought it would be closer myself. A whole lot of idiots lost a lot of money during Facebook's IPO. Maybe that contributed.
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I think Google is 100 times better at hiding their evil, though.
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I was a little bit surprised at Apple beating Microsoft.
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I was a little bit surprised at Apple beating Microsoft.
Lot of people pissed over the new iPhone chargers apparently
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I was a little bit surprised at Apple beating Microsoft.
I hate that apple moves their compatibility along in waves, but when I got an iPhone 5 that wouldn't sync up with my 4 year old MacBook, I called them and they sent me the new software for free. Gained major points in my book.
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The first round is over. Here are the results.
Time Warner Cable (79%) vs. Cablevision (21%)
Walmart (58%) vs. Best Buy (42%)
DirecTV (56%) vs. Dish (44%)
Sallie Mae (53%) vs. PayPal (47%)
Facebook (89%) vs. Google (11%)
Chase (51%) vs. Wells Fargo (49%)
Spirit (59%) vs. American Airlines (41%)
Sears (77%) vs. JCPenney (23%)
Apple (65%) vs. Microsoft (35%)
Bank of America (68%) vs. Capital One (32%)
EA (92%) vs. Anheuser-Busch InBev (8%)
Comcast (89%) vs. T-Mobile (11%)
Ticketmaster (64%) vs. Equifax (36%)
United (25%) vs. Carnival (75%)
AT&T (68%) vs. Verizon (32%)
UPS (45%) vs. FedEx (55%)
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this thread/contest is incredibly boring.
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this thread/contest is incredibly boring.
You should feel pretty comfortable in this thread then.
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If Carnival doesn't win this thing is rigged.
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Equifax
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No defense contractors? No petrochem oligarchies? No insurance companies? Very stupid field. Not valid at all.
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Wells Fargo is a huge pile of crap these days.
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Currently spectrum
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What happened?
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Douche bags were supposed to transfer over the cable on Thursday to the new house. Kept telling us they'd be here at a certain time the last 4 days and never came. Several phone calls later and calling them out on Twitter and I have to be late to work tomorrow just to have them finally install everything. My fam thought we'd be hooked up to watch the game during the move, but we had to watch the game on my phone. They lied and probably broke near 10 appointments in the last 4 days. Woof!
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well that's not cool at all bro
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Yeah and they did this 3 months ago too. Took 3 days then and they lied then too. Freaking awful organization.
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Why did you stay with them?
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Because it would have taken me just as long to switch providers and I'm not cutting the cord because Mrs wacky and I save a lot of $ staying in and eating and drinking our own crap on the weekend.
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Because it would have taken me just as long to switch providers and I'm not cutting the cord because Mrs wacky and I save a lot of $ staying in and eating and drinking our own crap on the weekend.
:sdeek: :buh-bye:
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Because it would have taken me just as long to switch providers and I'm not cutting the cord because Mrs wacky and I save a lot of $ staying in and eating and drinking our own crap on the weekend.
:sdeek: :buh-bye:
omega#ack
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Equifax
Capital One