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I'm a bit disappointed that no one actually exploded

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[–] 7112@lemmy.world 27 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Tl:dr

“Wake up, Jeff.”

Those three words, posted without warning across Paul McCartney’s official social media accounts late Tuesday night, instantly ignited one of the biggest celebrity-political firestorms of the year. Within minutes, millions of fans were scrambling to understand what had happened after the legendary Beatles icon announced that he was preparing to remove his music catalog, film appearances, merchandise licensing, and future promotional partnerships from Amazon.

[–] baronvonj@piefed.social 19 points 1 hour ago

Beatles icon announced that he was preparing to remove his music catalog, film appearances, merchandise licensing, and future promotional partnerships from Amazon.

Damn, that's how you do.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 34 minutes ago

"Wake up, Jeff."

My first thought was "Oh, Paul McCartney likes The Wiggles?"

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 9 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

jeff's paid to be asleep to the fact that the rest of us are humans

one would have to pay him more than he has to get him to wake up

[–] ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 5 points 38 minutes ago
[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 41 minutes ago

I can't find any evidence of any of this happening anywhere.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Garbage article but actually nice story that I hadn't heard yet. Gonna listen to some Beatles now

[–] CaptainAmeristan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago