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[–] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It‘s not that different today. Back then it was people paying directly. Now ads on TLC pay them.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 months ago

Yeah but we also get an Iranian surgeon who specializes in backhanded compliments.