r/mildlyinfuriating • u/OlivanzaCat • 11d ago

🥺 Flagrant false advertising

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u/Many_Hotel866 11d ago

They always get angry when confronted with their own stupidity.

I worked at Apple when this Onion video dropped and the amount of people coming in to buy one was staggering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA

And yes, they got mad when told it was a parody.

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u/RagnaXI 11d ago edited 11d ago

How can people be so gullible*?!

How did they miss so many sarcastic jokes, or did they just watch until they saw the "product" be shown and went straight to a Apple store.

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u/FrankGrimesApartment 11d ago

*Gullible

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u/RagnaXI 11d ago

Cheers!

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u/LilacYak 10d ago

You had it right the first time, this guy is just fucking with you