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Re:I bought netflix.soy by chinathrow on Monday May 25, 2020 @05:14PM (#23305050)
Huh?

The guy in the article did in fact buy a google.tld - https://google.xn--9dbq2a/

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Re:I bought netflix.soy by pmachinery on Monday May 25, 2020 @05:37PM (#23305242)
I wasn't talking to the guy in the article, was I?
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Re:I bought netflix.soy by gbear605 on Monday May 25, 2020 @09:09PM (#23306481)
The guy in the article was able to do it recently. Why not the person you were replying to? (Besides the fact that now the guy in the article has done them all)
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Re:I bought netflix.soy by pmachinery on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @03:08AM (#23308240)
Lots of people hand registered 3 and 4 letter .coms in the past.

So because they could do it, anyone who points out it's not possible now should be downvoted and asked to explain themselves with:

Why is it not possible, beside the fact that it's not possible?

[Edited to remove excess frustration/annoyance/snark at people quibbling so much about a totally inconsequential and factual remark.]

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