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Kinda showing my age here.... (lemmy.ml)
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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You reminded me of the massive amount of "Dad gets free cable with his little black box" commercials as a kid.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't know those! Link?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is the closest one I could find because it has kids and mentions a black box. There were a ton though. https://youtu.be/dO7cvpVPv2A

The one that stuck out was a career day thing and one kid was bragging about his dad's "black box" that gets free cable! Wow! And the one of the other parents was a police officer! Oh no! 😱

If you just look up "cable theft commercial" in YouTube you'll find a lot. Some are more humorous. For example, this one encourages reporting people who steal cable. https://youtu.be/y3DmyJ9dYrk Specifically that, minor spoiler, are jerks!

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

Holy shit! I do remember those now that I see em. Haha