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Netflix Sued For $105 Million After Hard Drive of Unreleased Nicolas Cage Movie Was Stolen From Its Office (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] funkajunk@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"Netflix sued" would mean they are being sued, "Netflix sues" means they are doing the suing.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless it's something that happened in the past...

[–] postman@literature.cafe 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You often constructions like:

"Netflix Sued Over Stolen Film: Here's How It Went For Them"

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

You won’t believe what happened next!

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

“Netflix [had] sued” is as reasonable as “Netflix [was] sued,” is it not?

Edit: love it when you make a reasonable point and wind up with zero replies but exactly one downvote. Such a funny little experience, these moments are.

[–] Nelots@piefed.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Had/was kinda implied this is a thing that happened a while ago. They could probably do something like "Netflix suing for..." and "Netflix being sued for...", but the confusion is probably intentional for clicks.

[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Here have another💋

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Damn. It was funnier with just one. Now it’s meaningless.

[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Serious question:

Have you ever wondered why you enjoy being shitty to other people?

[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a fake score that means nothing. Relax.

[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Too true, but when you see a kid crying about their spilled ice cream, do you go "Haha, cry harder dipshit!" Ice cream doesn't matter, right?

Or should you just be kind to others as your starting point?