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I'm absolutely on board... but why John Oliver? Why him in particular?
I suppose to make John Oliver acknowledge what's going on in Reddit. And make at least a little remark on his show.
Iβm not even his target audience (Iβm further left), but Iβve seen some clips of his show and heβs funny, would be neat to have a sort of "Downfall of Corporate Social Media" episode featuring spez. Iβd watch that.
I feel like he would enjoy saying enshittification
You know, he has a real rebel sexiness about him. Like a librarian who makes a lot of noise.
I have no idea on why. But it's hilarious.
@Spitz how do you not know john oliver? he's the guy that look lime a maniquin with a square head thick accent and a beack nose, used to be on john stewart, but now has his on show on hbo.
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I didn't ask who he was. I asked why pick him especially for the malicious compliance thing.
He often does segments on his show aimed at publicly shaming companies or groups of people, has a very good record of spurring on some kind of change, at a minimum raises a lot of awareness, and provides updates in later episodes on changes that happened due to him putting people on blast. He also feuds with and mocks the parent company that owns his show so this seems like something he would be interested in supporting with a good comedy segment making fun of spez. Sadly not sure if it'll work out due to the writer's strike but if we were to try to get the support of a public figure, he's a pretty good option.