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Re: TV tropes

From Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: TV tropes
Date 2025-11-21 02:10 +0000
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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
> On 2025-11-20, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> I hate cliffhangers.
>>
>> I remember watching Star Trek NG in 1992 in Ottawa. It finished the 
>> season with a cliffhanger, not knowing if Data would be still alive. I 
>> think it involved a time travel to Earth past. I remember seen his 
>> separated head in the dust. I returned to Spain, and it was 5 years or 
>> more till I could see the next episode. I had to install a pay satellite 
>> dish and subscribe.
> 
> So they got money out of you.  The trick worked.  To a marketroid,
> cliffhangers are Good.

Which means they will now "do it again" because it resulted in "money".

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    Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-20 13:10 +0100
      Re: TV tropes Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-20 17:57 +0000
        Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-20 21:28 +0100
        Re: TV tropes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-11-21 02:10 +0000
          Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-21 13:14 +0100
    Re: TV tropes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-11-21 02:09 +0000
      Re: TV tropes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-21 07:41 +0000
        Re: TV tropes Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-11-21 09:00 +0000
        Re: TV tropes The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-21 09:13 +0000
          Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-21 13:17 +0100
          Re: TV tropes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-21 19:28 +0000
            Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-21 20:43 +0100
              Re: TV tropes The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-21 23:00 +0000
              Re: TV tropes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-22 04:06 +0000

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