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Re:A short conversation with a bank by b3morales on Saturday March 12, 2022 @12:45PM (#30653154)
It is, indeed. BofA is only as big as it is because it was allowed to Kirby up dozens of regional banks in the late 90s/early 00s. It did nothing to earn its position and has done nothing but exploit it since. It is a poster child for anti-customer consolidation.
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Re:A short conversation with a bank by kbelder on Monday March 14, 2022 @01:50PM (#30675582)
A tangent: Reading your comment, at first I smiled at the verb 'Kirby', thinking it was a reference to the vacuum company... then I realized that it may be a reference to the videogame character.

Then I wondered if the video game character's name is derived from the vacuum company, or is it a coincidence? Am I an idiot for never noticing that before?

Like most of my trains of thought, it ends with me cursing myself for being an idiot.

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Re:A short conversation with a bank by b3morales on Thursday March 17, 2022 @09:45PM (#30717853)
Oh wow, I did not know about the vacuum company at all, only the video game character.
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