Remember when the FCC voted 3-2 to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules and CNN framed it like this?

BAHAHAHAHAH YESSSS I'm gonna need to get some new containers for my liberal tear collection. Gotta stock up for the winter pic.twitter.com/GqFbP4f4gB — Storm Paglia ?? (@storm_paglia) December 14, 2017

Remember how Google searches were going to cost $2 a pop? And worst of all, remember NARAL warning us all that a rollback of net neutrality would have a “devastating impact on progressive organizers, activists, and our right to access vital, accurate information” about reproductive health? How could women who couldn’t afford $2 per Google search find a nearby abortion provider?

It might not be a direct result of the net neutrality repeal, but The Daily Caller reports Tuesday that U.S. internet speeds have increased, placing America sixth in terms of broadband speeds.

Since the repeal of “net neutrality” took effect on June 11, the U.S. internet speed has gone from 12th to 6th fastest in the world.https://t.co/CHNwxDh5ZS pic.twitter.com/YaleJEuPSo — The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 14, 2018

And also, as predicted by everyone opposed to the end of net neutrality, the world ended… Or something like that. https://t.co/CpVFYRDAtH — Mark Adkins (@MarkAdkinsNews) August 14, 2018

Whoa. I thought repealing net neutrality would cause the apocalypse, though? I guess we just have to wait for the Republican tax cuts or America’s exit from the Paris Agreement to do us in. https://t.co/r5fMJJyq4S — America First (@lionsdenconserv) August 14, 2018

But at the cost of how many lives? https://t.co/438ps32RN6 — C.S. Layman (@CSLayman) August 14, 2018

But everyone died, so it doesn't matter… https://t.co/yhTAbMlloJ — justturnright (@justturnright) August 14, 2018

Who cares what speed it is??? We're all dead now. — CSab (@CSab23455289) August 14, 2018

Too bad it killed us all first. https://t.co/TeCUlNZzSF — Jeff Sechelski (@JeffSechelski) August 14, 2018

Probably because of all the people who died when net neutrality was repealed are no longer sucking up bandwidth https://t.co/S46PqHi6Vl — 3D Printed M1 Abrams (@Short_Field) August 14, 2018

But at what human cost @benshapiro? 1.27 million people have died already, according to @CNN — JustinDMelvin (@Justin_D_Melvin) August 14, 2018

Broadband investment has surged as well https://t.co/XAYxiLPY9K — Gary Collard (@LakerGMC) August 14, 2018

Was the repeal of net neutrality responsible for the United States moving up in the rankings? Maybe not, but we’re thankful someone is still maintaining the death watch.

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