{"id":2249,"date":"2010-07-01T17:52:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T22:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalitynow.com\/blog\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2010-07-01T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T22:52:03","slug":"seriously-netflix-lol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalitynow.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/01\/seriously-netflix-lol\/","title":{"rendered":"Seriously, Netflix? LOL!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was browsing Netflix offerings this evening, specifically the streamable movies, and when you add a movie to your queue, Netflix presents a screen with recommendations for other similar movies.<\/p>\n

I had added the movie Waiting for Armageddon<\/em>, a documentary about evangelical Christians who believe the end times are near. The resulting screen led me to add Fall from Grace<\/em>, a documentary about the Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps’ vehicle for spreading bigotry and hatred.<\/p>\n

The resulting recommendation screen can be seen below. I scanned the results, paused, and laughed out loud when I got to the third movie in the second row (click to embiggen).<\/p>\n

\"Netflix<\/a><\/p>\n

Yeah. If I was putting together a list of movies in the "More like Fall from Grace<\/em>" category, I don’t think Brokeback Mountain<\/em> would be on it.<\/p>\n

I’m fairly certain it’s not a documentary, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was browsing Netflix offerings this evening, specifically the streamable movies, and when you add a movie to your queue, Netflix presents a screen with recommendations for other similar movies. I had added the movie Waiting for Armageddon, a documentary about evangelical Christians who believe the end times are near. The resulting screen led me … <\/p>\n

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