# Wouild YOU rent a movie from these folks?

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**Created:** [August 31, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouild-you-rent-a-movie-from-these-folks/594736 "2011-08-31T12:19:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouild-you-rent-a-movie-from-these-folks/594736/1 "2011-08-31T12:19:50Z")

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At first, it’s just an interesting business model. Then I considered the name:

ON THE WEB: FLICKME OFFERS FRIEND DISCOUNTS ON ONLINE MOVIES  
NEW YORK (AP) — A new movie site is offering discounts for the online friends of viewers. Flickme offers about a third of its 1,000 movies with a “sharable discount.” One user watches a movie for $3.99 for new films or $2.99 for older ones, and that user can recommend the film to up to 10 friends on Facebook or Twitter. Those users then pay only $1.49. Films from Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures are among the site’s offerings.

As a former comic book collector and student of the art, I know that one word that was completely banned from appearing in dialogue balloons was “flick.” That’s because all such are lettered in capital letters, and at a casual glance, the “L” and “I” merge to form a “U,” giving a message that no comic book publisher would want to send to the reader. Wonder if the founders of this company were aware of that…

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouild-you-rent-a-movie-from-these-folks/594736/2 "2011-08-31T12:23:22Z")

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> [@Hometownboy](#):
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> Wonder if the founders of this company were aware of that…

Almost certainly, I’d say, and I’m sure they have chosen a suitable typeface for their logo.

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**Author:** ![paulmarkj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@paulmarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulmarkj)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouild-you-rent-a-movie-from-these-folks/594736/3 "2011-08-31T14:13:12Z")

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> [@Hometownboy](#):
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> Wonder if the founders of this company were aware of that…

As much as French Connection UK were when their logo read FCUK.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouild-you-rent-a-movie-from-these-folks/594736/4 "2011-08-31T15:29:38Z")

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They do a brisk trade in Clint Eastwood flicks.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouild-you-rent-a-movie-from-these-folks/594736/5 "2011-08-31T15:47:58Z")

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I’m reminded of what Lyle Lovett once said in response to a heckler, “Yes, I can.”