Comcast has often managed to be the target of abuse and, on a good day, gallows humor.
It regularly features in the Consumerist's list of worst American companies. Indeed, just three years ago, Comcast encouraged its staff to vote so that it wouldn't be named Worst Company in America.
But, now that it is proposing a merger with Time Warner Cable, things will certainly get better. The new Timecast (or Corner) will be a joy to do business with.
Your cable box will be automatically renewed every six months and installed by a happy, well-dressed employee. The box will even seem like it was created in the 21st century. And bundles will be replaced by oodles of individual choice.
Oh, of course I'm inventing this. Many are the critics who see the darkness of a cable Vader on the horizon.
The latest critics to offer their concerned opinion have emerged on Funny or Die.
For some reason, the creators of the oeuvre feel rather strongly that the merger would not be a net positive for real human beings.
Here we have an alleged representative from Comcast expressing the company's direct feelings: "We don't give a f
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