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may 13, 2026

Spirit 2.0: Will It Fly?

The internet tries to buy Spirit Airlines.

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🤖 OpenAI adds product feed ads to ChatGPT.

🎧 Data: Spotify streams generate 1.5x more listening time than YouTube views.

📊 Survey: 15.3% of marketing budgets are directed toward AI.

⚫ An ink shortage from the Iran War forces this Japanese snack brand to nix color packaging.

💰 Priceline brings back “Negotiator” character.

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Ep #2.7: Spirit 2.0 — Will It Fly?

The Daily Carnage Show Spirit Airlines 2.0

This week on The Daily Carnage Show, we’re covering “Spirit 2.0,” the crowdfunded effort to purchase Spirit Airlines—in the wake of an abrupt closure—and operate it for the people.

Shannon breaks down a little Spirit Airlines history, what led to the shutdown, how the Green Bay Packers serve as a model structure, and what this cultural moment means for brands and consumers alike.

Will this petition for collective ownership lift off or crash land?

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Alert: Fun Drought

Dave & Buster’s launched its first-ever “State of Fun Report” to expose a growing “fun drought” among Americans.

Based on a survey of 5,000 adults conducted by Talker Research, the campaign found that nearly half of Americans feel their lives are lacking fun due to stress, work demands, and financial pressures.

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  • The Daily Carnage Show Ep 2.9 Discussion: “If AI agents become the primary interface to knowledge, what happens to the humans and businesses that knowledge originally came from? What does it mean for the internet to quietly transition from an open ecosystem of destinations into a closed ecosystem of gate-kept answers? Are we speeding toward a future where people stop visiting the web directly? If that behavior ends, we ever be able to rebuild it?”
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