• RandyLahey [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      its australia, channel names would take up important brain real estate that could be used for more racial slurs

      • duck [he/him,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Never even considered that to be weird, I think we have 12 numbered channels in Sweden :thinkin-lenin:

        • Barabas [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          UK does the same thing. Probably just a remnant from when the only two channels were 1 and 2, both of which were provided by a public broadcaster.

          • duck [he/him,they/them]
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            4 years ago

            Same actually, and also like the UK there are a few more public service channels now without numbers

    • Spike [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Named after the frequency band. Might be the only good thing commercial networks did because you'd know if you press 7 on your TV remote, you get channel 7, so you know never to press 7.