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Yes, Meg is hot, but can we get a transcript of the interview?
Yes, Meg is hot, but can we get a transcript of the interview?
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I would like to say you both look very snazzy. I'm sure your moms are proud. :)
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Transcript forthcoming.
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@Ben Popken: Nice interview. Suit looks a bit, er, uncomfortable on you. But then I imagine you guys are used to somewhat less formal attire at the home office. Ties suck anyway.
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@privateer: Agreed, however it could be his posture in that chair. Somebody get this man an executive chair!
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Good interview, and great job on the video editing and snazzy graphics. Keep it up guys!
Ben looks like he is scared/nervous. A bit odd, during the part of the interview it appears he tried to nudge meg when meg was reading the question
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@shaunhoffman: Ditto Austan. When I was in his class he was really smooth; he looks a bit uncomfortable there.
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all i hear is.. \"blah blah blah, yes your right Obama knows your right.. Obama will make it all better. hail Obama.\"
can we get some substance please.
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dude, Austan Goolsbee is so hot!!!11!!one! but i wont be don8ing until you gt sum vids f him \"explaineing credit card refoarm\" on a trampoline! aw yeah!
You guys are such dorks, I love you both. You are doing a great job with Consumerist
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Aw I want to watch this but I keep getting interrupted. Damn you, work!
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Ya I'm no feminist, but you guys should chill out of sexifying Meg. She is trying to do a professional interview. If you are interested in seeing chicks, I hear there are loads of other sites that have them, and they're naked.
Good job guys. Good interview
@Bladefist: Somewhat agreed. But at the same time, calling someone attractive is not equal to turning them into a sex object.
But yes, good interview.
Love how you could hear the usual lunati -- er, activists -- yelling on the megaphone across the street when they were doing the intro in front of the WH. I have never been there when there wasn't somebody camped out, screaming or both. Democracy at work!
I would much rather have the focus be on overdraft fees right now. This is why \"credit\" companies are becoming banks, I think. An overdraft is a fee for using a line of credit from your bank, and yet neither falls under any regulation.
@Zclyh3:
Ha, man, I don't even care what he said. I'm just fascinated by that fact that there isn't a single vowel in his entire comment. (If you discount the Y in \"lrdy\" and possibly \"YS,\" whatever they mean.) I mean, in its own way, that probably takes more effort than writing with the vowels in. Some people might say he's a socially awkward individual with a tenuous grasp of the English language that a 2 year old could easily surpass (okay, maybe they'd be right) but look at things from HIS point of view! If he didn't make comments in a language unrecognizable to native English speakers, how could other, equally socially awkward but extremely bored individuals, such as yours truly, find methods of entertainment that are not comprised of mocking someone of whom they know nothing and will most likely never meet in a medium which no one will ever take note of?
Also, all of this irony is giving me a headache.
Actually my girlfriend thinks it's funny because it's like a running joke. Ok I'll stop. lol
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@Zclyh3: Ok Sheesh we get it, Meg is hot, blah blah blah. Can the creepy guys with no girlfriends go find someone else to drool over please? I'm sure Meg was humored by your pathetic adulation at first, but its just sad now.
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Not all guys with no gfs are creepy, just shy and unlucky =\\ these same people may or may not find meg attractive
For free, I can work on taking f@Zclyh3: Judging from Austan's expression, he agrees. Them pupils are enormous. Octobee!
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At 5:40 Meg was doing everything in her power to NOT laugh out loud.
Meg is cute, Ben is cute, credit cards, Obama, Blah, blah blah, forget about all that... So what kind of gear did you use to shoot the vid? What are you using to edit the video?
What?!?! Too geeky a question? :-)
Video isn't working for me. Won't load, stuck at 0:00. Anyone else?
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me too, no video tried clicking every link, no interview. I was thinking an interview without an actual interview?
If the video isn't loading, please refresh your browser cache.
@Ben Popken: I use the web developer plugin for Firefox and I always have Cache disabled, so my browser doesn't store cache. The video doesn't work for me either. :[
Wont work for me either
Works
That works, thanks. I think the problem arises because the video is being hosted off-site; if you host Consumerist videos from consumerist.com (video.consumerist.com, etc) that would probably avoid this problem.
ben, the video really is broken.
me either
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Doesn't work in either FireFox or IE (nor does it work in the RSS feed in Google Reader).
Me thinks it's broke.
I tried it in Chrome and IE8, neither works.
How about now, is it working?
Try refreshing.
Looks like its time to change the name of Consumerist to DeadBeatConsumerist - the blog does not appear to be interested in consumer rights for everyone, just those who cannot be responsible with plastic. I didn't even see one question that was not a \"lets all act enraged and get our populist outrage sentiment worked up\" softball.
Looks like the Democrat National Committee has been stuffing the tip jar, particularly Bens.
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This link video.consumerreports.org worked for me. The video definitly does not work through this page though. I applaud consumerist for doing this piece and hopefully we see more video news pieces in the future. I'm usually not one for regulation on economic issues but some of the things credit card companies are doing is down right evil. I have a friend who's credit card went from 6% interest to 15% over night and they couldn't do anything about it. They were paying down bigger interest debt and now not only do they regret not paying this down more they have even a bigger load on there backs. It just doesn't seem right for someone who never has a late payment and is responsible to have a increase like that.
You guys are like (and dress like) the Mulder and Scully of consumer rights. And do I sense a tinge of sexual tension between you too? What potential drama for this new online series! Tee-hee. j/k
Nope. That one takes forever to load and then stops short of playing. I'll wait for the tv series.
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What interview? Nothing happens..
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to balance out the only comment so far: ben is such a ~cutie~
oh, uh, credit cards and stuff, yeah.
@katieoh: B&M, you're both super sexxxxy!!!! I just turn down the audio and play stripper music while watching the clip over and over. Awwwwww yeah.