• @grue
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      3610 months ago

      See also:

      • Constellis Holdings, née Academi, née Xe Services, née Blackwater (mercenary group owned by right-wing politicians)
      • Altria, née Philip Morris (tobacco manufacturer)
      • CoreCivic, née Corrections Corporation of America (private prison operator)
      • Chiquita, née United Fruit Company and Cuyamel Fruit Company (overthrew the government of Honduras, among other things)
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        1310 months ago

        Having fallen in love with Carmen Miranda before reading La United Fruit Company stilllll sucks.

        Also add Blackwater to this list. Warcrimes and looting by American plutocratic mercenaries and now their name is not obviously pronounceable. They did an amazingly good [bad for everyone but them] rename.

        • @grue
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          610 months ago

          Also add Blackwater to this list.

          They’ve changed names so many times I guess you missed that it was already there:

          • Constellis Holdings, née Academi, née Xe Services, née Blackwater
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            10 months ago

            Oh. My. Fucking. God.

            Is there a makemesuffer community (with more than 0 posts)? Because that’s where this belongs. Jesus Christ.

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              210 months ago

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        • @grue
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          110 months ago

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      • @subtext
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        110 months ago

        I so very much appreciate your use of née

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        110 months ago

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      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        Kinda shocked that the most hated company on Lemmy (Nеstlé) hasn’t tried their luck at this game yet

        • @grue
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          210 months ago

          I guess Nestlé isn’t hated enough by the general public yet. We need to step up our game.