• Mechanize@feddit.it
    85·
    17 days ago

    I assumed it was a shitpost, instead it is a real tweet. What a time to be alive.

    Jokes aside the only real reason I can fathom for the collectibles company to call their mother is because they had used it as the contact number in the registry. I would be surprised if this was some kind of intimidation tactic instead of just miscommunication - in the sense they probably just wanted to legally intimidate the itch’s owner not their immediate family. They are not 2K /s.

  • Gork@lemm.ee
    56·
    17 days ago

    What will happen to itch.io when the British get rid of their overseas Indian Ocean territory? Can they keep the .io Top Level Domain?

    • steventhedev@lemmy.world
      321·
      17 days ago

      Once the treaty is signed, the .io cctld will phase out over 5 years.

      Unless ICANN get greedy and grant an exemption.

      • nixcamic@lemmy.world
        11·
        17 days ago

        Could Mauritius choose to keep .io? The income it would bring in would probably be bigger than their GDP.

            • steventhedev@lemmy.world
              1·
              16 days ago

              ccTLDs are based on the ISO two letter country codes - it’s deferring the responsibility for cleaning up the British mess to ISO

              • nixcamic@lemmy.world
                1·
                16 days ago

                But why did the Indian ocean territories ever have an ISO country code, they were never a country? It doesn’t make sense that a territory should lose its TLD just cause it changes countries.

                • steventhedev@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  16 days ago

                  Half grandfathered in from a period when UK was a commonwealth, and ANZAC were not technically independent.

                  ISO-3166-1 has a lot of “countries” that aren’t actually independent - but useful to have codes for because they are geographically distinct.

        • jdeath@lemm.ee
          28·
          17 days ago

          it seems like they’ve always been on clearance everywhere. they must be insanely cheap to produce

          • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
            24·
            17 days ago

            I do NOT get these things. They have creepy beady eyes an the nature of the product limits opportunity for details and distinction so they all look pretty generic! You might even NEED the box to tell you what it is. Soulless garbage being mass produced for landfills and seemed to outwear their welcome at least 5 years ago…

            • AA5B@lemmy.world
              4·
              17 days ago

              Plus they’re too breakable. My kids have a few and they break if you knock them off a table

              • 5in1k@lemm.ee
                5·
                17 days ago

                For real? I assumed they were tough from how chunky they were. What trash.

          • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8·
            17 days ago

            Pretty sure they’re just slightly higher quality 3D printed vinyl figures. Probably cost pennies to make.

        • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
          4·
          17 days ago

          I’ve seen stores with walls of funko pops on display. I’ve never seen stores with gaps in their walls of funko pops, or evidence that they are moving many. Were their sales ever really that great to justify the amount of inventory they’ve produced?

          My own interest has only gotten as far as “Oh hey, I recognize that character. Yep, they’ve got a bunch of Naruto characters, or at least generic funko pops with clothing like those characters wear. I wonder what else this store has.”

  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
    7·
    16 days ago

    Can I just point out this was standard practice for debt collectors like 15 years ago? Seriously they’d try to call your job, your family, neighbors and if they could, even friends to harass you to collect on the debt they bought rights to collect.