"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
11/09/2018 at 11:58 • Filed to: bah humbug
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"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
11/09/2018 at 11:58 • Filed to: bah humbug | 8
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Put on the radio on my drive to work. Like SavetheIntegras, I heard my first Christmas song, “Let It Snow”. STAR 102.9 just went in to its 24/7 Christmas music period.
The politicians talk about healthcare, jobs, environment, foreign policy...why won’t anyone pass a federal law against playing Christmas music until after Thanksgiving? They’d get my vote.
CB
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:02 |
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Any time someone suggests that, people get upset about the “War on Christmas” and totally forget about Linus’ speech about Christmas from Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown .
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:05 |
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WilliamsSW
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:05 |
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Yeah screw all that. It’s snowing here this morning. “ Let it Snow” can burn in hell.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:06 |
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Chuckles
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:06 |
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It's 2018. If you're listening to any music other than what you actually want to hear, you're doing it wrong.
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Chariotoflove
> CB
11/09/2018 at 12:06 |
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And I’m very pro-Christmas celebration, too. But this...
Also, I still get choked up at Linus’s speech.
For Sweden
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:09 |
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Do you hate other religious holidays? What are your feelings on Eid al-Fitr?
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Chariotoflove
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/09/2018 at 12:11 |
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Can you imagine the reception if that had been released in the 60s?
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Chariotoflove
> Chuckles
11/09/2018 at 12:12 |
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Yeah, yeah, I know. And I stream my Pandora channels in the car like everyone else. But there’s still something different about just flipping on the radio and spinning the music wheel to see what you get.
user314
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:12 |
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This.
Who was it, Baileys? Some booze company started running “holiday season” commercials after Labor Day . Walmart & Home Depot had their Christmas decorations out and the Halloween stuff back in clearance round about October 20th. I went to get some Halloween scratch-off tickets for my nephew (and myself) the week before, they’d already switched out to Christmas.
Fuck. That. Noise.
lone_liberal
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:13 |
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Now just imagine if you worked in a store that started playing Christmas music now. I used to work for a retail company but I didn’t normally work in the stores. If I had to spend any time in one during the Christmas season the music it drove me nuts, and that was just a few hours.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> For Sweden
11/09/2018 at 12:13 |
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Im fine with other cultures holidays until Costco stars stocking merch 5 months before hand.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:14 |
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Christmas music is the worst mainstream music. The worst part is that it is the same music every year for 2 months. Listen to the same short playlist for 5 days and tell me you like any of the songs.
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For Sweden
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
11/09/2018 at 12:15 |
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So you are against Costco selling Eid al-Fitr merchandise?
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Chuckles
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:16 |
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I opt for satellite radio for that. If you can avoid paying full price (and you always can), it’s a great way to hear music that you are actually interested in. Plus, over 50% of fm radio is just car dealership commercials.
I hate Christmas music outside of the week of Christmas, but hearing the same dozen songs on modern rock radio isn’t much better. I don’t particularly like Staind, so why am I listening to “Outside” for the 800th time anyway?
Life is too short to listen to music that you don't like.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:18 |
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I dunno, it probably would have fit in okay. That was the decade in which “Napoleon XIV” released They’re Coming To Take Me Away , which had the whole single repeated backwards on the B-side, and the decade that featured a lot of Zappa weirdness and Trout Mask Replica.
What I’m saying is, it might not have found it onto the airwaves, but music was so weird already that goring of sacred cows only sort of would raise eyebrows.
That was the decade Pink Floyd’s
Arnold Layne
was a hit, and Arthur Brown’s
Fire
were both big hits
.
If screaming “I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE!” and singing about a cross-dressing klepto weren’t enough to freak the squares I’m not sure what would be.
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Chariotoflove
> For Sweden
11/09/2018 at 12:18 |
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If t hey don’t play music for it in early November, then no.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> For Sweden
11/09/2018 at 12:20 |
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Yes, I hate filthy Pagans or something
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> For Sweden
11/09/2018 at 12:22 |
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Not at all. Just keep it within 1-1.5 months
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:23 |
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Yes, protest Christmas by taking part in Secret Senna instead!
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/hear-ye-hear-ye-1830156560
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Chariotoflove
> Chuckles
11/09/2018 at 12:23 |
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I put up with a lot of the current stuff for my daughter. There are some times that Daddy takes over the radio, though.
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Chariotoflove
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/09/2018 at 12:26 |
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But it’s not just freaking out the establishment. At least in the earlier part of the decade, weren’t people actually afraid that nuclear war was imminent? People tend to have a hard time laughing at something that hits close to home. If ( tragedy) + ( time) = ( comedy) , then time is a really important part of the equation.
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Chariotoflove
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
11/09/2018 at 12:28 |
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I actually like the old classics sung my Crosby, Sinatra, Martin, etc. The new albums people put out don’t interest me. And definitely not this early.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:29 |
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I work part time at an outdoor place. Last year someone came in 2 week before thanksgiving and asked if we had any trees. People complain that tree don’t last. Well yeah up till the 90s they weren’t delivered until the second week of December. Now they’re practically sold out then.
I know someone who already put up thier artificial tree. I kid you not.
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:30 |
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lol... at work management decided it was time to put up the christmas clock.... every hour on the hour it plays jingle bells
ive already moved it away from my corner of the shop.... somebody else will probably steal the batteries... or accidentally hit it with a forklift
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:30 |
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lol... at work management decided it was time to put up the christmas clock.... every hour on the hour it plays jingle bells
ive already moved it away from my corner of the shop.... somebody else will probably steal the batteries... or accidentally hit it with a forklift
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Chariotoflove
> lone_liberal
11/09/2018 at 12:30 |
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We’ve been z00 members for the last 10 years or so. They have a custom animal song playing on the loud speakers on constant loop at the front entrance. Same song for all those years. All day. Every day. I’ m amazed I haven’t yet heard of an active shooter situation at the zoo because some employee cracked.
TheRevanchist
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:30 |
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The “light” music station started playing the music yesterday. I sang along for a few songs, then turned on some Pantera to balance out the mood.
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Chariotoflove
> WilliamsSW
11/09/2018 at 12:31 |
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It was actually down to 47F on my drive in! What the heck?!
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:31 |
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Well, people of the REAGAN IS A WARMONGER ZOMG stripe were freaking out about the time Al came out with this too, so...
1963 would have been too soon. 1968, don’t know if anybody would have batted an eye.
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Chariotoflove
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
11/09/2018 at 12:31 |
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I’ve been telling myself this is the year. I wonder if I can get myself to listen this time...
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Chariotoflove
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
11/09/2018 at 12:36 |
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Growing up, we always went to Watts Christmas Tree farm...but not until December. They had reindeer and a gift shop with cool trains. Every year, we kids each got to pick one special ornament from the shop for that year. When I moved out, my mom gave mine to me. Now they’re on my own family tree. This is what traditions are made of, not maudlin trappings and naked consumerism two months in advance .
We put the tree in water in the shed until it was time to put it up. Those things don’t last as long as people think.
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Chariotoflove
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
11/09/2018 at 12:38 |
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Unless I get a present waiting for me with every clock cycle, no mas.
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Chariotoflove
> TheRevanchist
11/09/2018 at 12:38 |
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Reasonable.
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Chariotoflove
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/09/2018 at 12:40 |
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I think everyone was getting stoned in prep for woodstock by then. Or prepping to arrest the hippies.
The Dummy Gummy
> Chuckles
11/09/2018 at 12:41 |
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To be fair not everyone can afford a streaming service or wants to torrent.
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Chuckles
> The Dummy Gummy
11/09/2018 at 12:48 |
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That’s a fair point, but there are lots good free options too, provided that you have a smartphone. Pandora is 100% free if you don’t mind the occasional commercial (as opposed to the constant commercials on radio). And watching a single 15 second ad gives you 30 minutes of commercial free listening to the album of your choice.
Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> Chuckles
11/09/2018 at 12:50 |
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No smart phone and I’m not paying for satellite radio.......
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lone_liberal
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 12:52 |
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The worst part is that the stores were forced to use a country station for their Christmas music and it played The Christmas Shoes every 15 minutes. That song made me want to take a drill to my skull. Merry Christmas everybody! Here’s the most depressing song ever written!!
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Chariotoflove
> lone_liberal
11/09/2018 at 12:53 |
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The Dummy Gummy
> CB
11/09/2018 at 12:54 |
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And there were in the same countr y shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And thi
s shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
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Chuckles
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
11/09/2018 at 12:55 |
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If that’s your choice, then enjoy the radio or any tapes/CDs that you might have. I suppose am/fm is the only true free option.
I pretty much exclusively use kinja on my smartphone, so I apologize for occasionally making the assumption that everyone else here also has a smartphone.
And I'll add that satellite radio is not worth the full price tag, but for $5 a month I'm a happy customer.
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user314
> CB
11/09/2018 at 12:56 |
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I love Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown , I just have no intentions of watching it until at least the first week of December.
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Chuckles
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 13:02 |
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 13:02 |
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tbh... id settle for jingle bells means 5 minute smoke break...
but as that aint happening... yeah im team fuck that clock
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
11/09/2018 at 13:05 |
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A friend on mine had an artificial tree up in their living room on Monday. To be honest, it is possible that tree had been up since last Christmas with this family. I hadn’t been to to their house in awhile.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
11/09/2018 at 13:07 |
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my town has a christmas tree ban before december 5th
cant have santa getting in the way of saint nick :p
its not enforced or anything but the soft ban keeps most of the christmassy stuff at bay till then anyway.... shops not selling to kids dont give a fuck tho..
DipodomysDeserti
> The Dummy Gummy
11/09/2018 at 13:23 |
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The most interesting thing to me about that verse is how shepherds used to have to actually watch their flocks at night in Israel. Humans have since managed to drive, or nearly drive, all the large predatory mammals into extinction there. They even lost the sheep mentioned in that verse for a few thousand years.
Maybe they should have paid more attention to that instead of trumpet playing angels.
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WilliamsSW
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 13:24 |
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Now you’re just rubbing it in...
haveacarortwoorthree2
> DipodomysDeserti
11/09/2018 at 13:51 |
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They don’t give a damn about any trumpet playing band!
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haveacarortwoorthree2
> For Sweden
11/09/2018 at 13:53 |
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What does Santa Claus have to do with religion? :)
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For Sweden
> haveacarortwoorthree2
11/09/2018 at 13:54 |
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You’d have to ask St. Nick.
AestheticsInMotion
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 13:56 |
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Christmas season is booming, baby!
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Chariotoflove
> WilliamsSW
11/09/2018 at 14:01 |
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Yes, yes I am. It makes me feel better.
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Chariotoflove
> AestheticsInMotion
11/09/2018 at 14:04 |
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Yeah, I guess it’s really good for you if it starts early. You should have all your guys dress like elves.
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WilliamsSW
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 14:22 |
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At least I haven’t heard any Christmas music yet though!
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AestheticsInMotion
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 14:22 |
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I should require them to sing Christmas carols while installing lights
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Chariotoflove
> WilliamsSW
11/09/2018 at 14:24 |
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Let me help you with that.
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Chariotoflove
> AestheticsInMotion
11/09/2018 at 14:24 |
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Oooo!, can you get them to harmonize like a real choir?
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WilliamsSW
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 14:36 |
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Yeah, good luck getting me to click that link (my computer is muted as insurance)
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Chariotoflove
> WilliamsSW
11/09/2018 at 14:43 |
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Doesn’t matter. The Christmas “spirit” has already infected you through your retinas. When you catch yourself humming absent-mindedly in the kitchen tonight, and your wife yells, “you stop that this instant!”, I’ll be here 1200 miles away smiling.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> AestheticsInMotion
11/09/2018 at 16:14 |
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Elf costumes and carols cost more. Like double. It's a special package your customers can opt for.
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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
11/09/2018 at 20:34 |
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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 20:42 |
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Christmas music is played really early because it is the profitable time of the year for the stations. Super low licensing costs .
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Chariotoflove
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
11/09/2018 at 20:58 |
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Sure, but I guess the listeners must also be there to bring the ad revenue. So, the market decides, I guess.
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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Chariotoflove
11/09/2018 at 21:05 |
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listeners go up 20%.
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Chariotoflove
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
11/09/2018 at 23:43 |
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Wow.