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Yahoo Changes User Profiles, To Massive Outrage
Wiseleo writes "Yahoo decided to massively screw up their entire userbase by changing all user profiles to blank. No warning, no automated way to get data back, and other unwanted changes. The blog has such choice quotes as 'We know this has been a rough transition for some of you and, and are committed to helping you use, understand, and (hopefully) enjoy your new profile,' and, 'We also know lots of you worked hard on your old profiles and want your data. If you feel like you're missing data, we've saved a copy of your old profile (and alias) and our Customer Care team can retrieve this information. You won't, however, be able to revert back to your old profile format, but you will be able to get any data that you think is missing. To do this, please go here to contact Customer Care.' There were 850 comments posted, all negative, on the first day. There are hundreds more today. There is even more outrage on the Yahoo Messenger blog."
I can imagine that there are some people somewhere who give a flying crap about this. I am not one of them. In fact I find it amusing that so many people are upset.
Seriously, what could be in your profile that you don't know about yourself?
Their sex offender registration?
What?
"we managed to achieve a degree of cultural influence, economic and military success that your nation never even dreamed of" we dreamed it and did it a long time ago. and 'military success"? where you getting that bro? Vietnam? Iraq? gobshite. greetings from Scotland
Would you find this joke equally funny if you switched to an anatomical reference about black people? How about Jewish or Chinese? You're doing real harm by broadcasting this objectifying sort of humor in public.
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A Brief History of America:
After the British created America and set it well on the way to success as another wonderful new colony, America decided to kick off its own unique approach to world politics - as she proceeded to declare war on herself.
After the skillful British had gone home for a tea break, the Americans declared victory. The British had a good chortle over this, but decided to be gentlemen and go along with it. The perpetually fat and lazy Americans were then forced to enslave a whole bunch of Negroes and Chinese in order to get shit done.
They also came up with the only literary achievement in America's history, the "Constitution", which is widely regarded as one of the greatest practical jokes of all time, and completely indecipherable, as it is still ignored and debated until this day.
This "Constitution" was then amended several times to support typical American habits, such as carrying guns around all the damn time, talking far too much and too loudly, and having the right to not incriminate yourself when you stupidly talk about your own criminal behaviour.
Towards the end of World War 2 when the British were well on the way to victory, America finally got off her collective fat arse and joined in at the last moment. This left them convinced that this victory was due to their own fighting skill, and slightly pissed off about missing a good opportunity to shoot people at the start of the war. This led to hilarity as the violent and overconfident Americans started, and then promptly lost, wars all over the world.
America's crass and violent influence on world affairs will always be remembered by historians with a sense of humour. We can only hope that the current economic fail they are experiencing will allow them to pick a target for their next failed military campaign.
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