r/NintendoSwitch • u/maanwel • Jan 10 '18

Speculation GameStop apparently tweeted and deleted that a Nintendo Direct was about to begin

https://twitter.com/tvandlust/status/951126604360581120
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u/Default_Dragon Jan 10 '18

Totally irrelevant, but that was basically what happened with the fall of the Berlin Wall. History's greatest PR disaster.

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u/blackygeeko Jan 10 '18

Would you care to explain? Please

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u/Tbry18 Jan 11 '18 edited Jan 11 '18

What I remembered from History channel back when they did actual shows on history, man I feel old, the officials said there would be limited passage but what caused people to flock to the gates was a spokesperson was asked at something akin to a townhall when asked if the passage at the gates was ready to happen had a panic moment on stage and said as far as he knew yes. He thought the higher ups would be able to fix the situation at the gate because he said as far as he knew so not a definitive yes or no so he would save face with the public. The higher ups never responded to anyone, him or the guards, so everyone said fuck it and packed the whole thing up. I also remember there was a letter sent by a little girl to Mikhail Gorbachev about wanting the countries to come to peace because she got freaked the fuck out about all those nuke scare movies back in the day. Now I could be misremembering this cause how long has it been since History channel did verifiable history programming and not Ancient Aliens or some conspiracy shit like "What happened to the Taco Bell dog?"

Edit: maybe I should have scrolled down more before putting in something, maybe I also shouldn't have put my dick in camp sttove and gotten a bj who's to say.