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Insult, meet injury.
When it comes to the uniquely human phenomenon of schadenfreude, there’s little that can compare to the implosion of a $45.2 billion quasi-monopolistic merger between two universally reviled telecoms. The news that Comcast and Time Warner Cable were forced to abandon their merger can thus be considered Christmas for snarky people on Twitter.
Without further ado, here are some of our favorite celebratory burns:
Next question: Will Comcast let Time Warner Cable walk away from this contract without a two hour long painful, patronizing phone call?
— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) April 23, 2015
The Comcast/Time-Warner merger failure intrigues me. Weren’t the right ppl bought off?
— ✨CommradeE✨ (@CommradeE) April 24, 2015
I really could have saved Comcast some time if they asked me, “Do you think the government will let us merge with Time Warner?” “Fuck nall”
— The Black Gambit (@Cybersoulja) April 24, 2015
Why You Shouldn’t Celebrate The Collapse Of Comcast’s Bid For Time Warner Cable http://t.co/AUiqw8BxtD #forbes pic.twitter.com/EAgWNFUopO
— Rubby Lim (@allinonesgnews) April 24, 2015
Great, Comcast+Time Warner is off, so for now they can continue to be terrible companies separately
— Arma (@GeneralArma) April 24, 2015
Time Warner and Comcast deal fell through? Maybe there is a god.
— Jeremy A. Castro (@casjerem) April 24, 2015
MT @business BREAKING: Comcast plans to drop Time Warner Cable deal http://t.co/dxBIrtfERL // pic.twitter.com/5fqMza0ZgZ
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) April 23, 2015
Comcast admits defeat on Time Warner Cable merger, distributes Tom Wheeler dartboards to all employees http://t.co/lgh2VtRTBV
— The real Jon Brodkin (@jbrodkin) April 24, 2015
the time warner-comcast merger failed, and i think that that’s sad. folks who work for them probably have lots in common. would’ve been pals
— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) April 24, 2015
BREAKING: Comcast declares merger dead, TWC insists it first check the connections, unplug & plug it in again before it will send a tech
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) April 23, 2015
Is there anything better than toasting the demise of a late-capitalist conspiracy to establish the most hellish customer-service infrastructure in history? Maybe—but nothing comes to mind right now.
Photo via Jason Eppink/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Miles Klee
Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He's the author of two odd books of fiction, 'Ivyland' and 'True False.'