• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    6 months ago

    Always remember what really happened with the McDonald’s lady who sued because her “coffee was too hot”.

    McDonald’s themselves started the campaign that the issue was laughable, and seeded the notion that it’s ridiculous, how could she not know coffee hot?

    What really happened was that the coffee was:

    • Served well above safe ranges to maximize profits, so the coffee could be served longer
    • Was served near boiling temperature
    • Was so hot that it FUSED HER LABIA requiring extensive surgery to repair.

    She sued only for her hospital bills.

    They started a smear campaign against her to convince the public that she was a moron and she just wanted a payday.

    Don’t trust corporations. Ever.

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPM
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      6 months ago

      What’s that old quote? “A lie can make it around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes”, or something like that? I believe that was pre-internet too.

      It also happens with politics. I constantly see provocative headlines get lots of attention in one circle, and then the later corrections only get passed around in the opposite circle, if at all.

  • Hugucinogens@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    You can legally kill anyone related to someone who has had Disney+.

    Iirc, the wife died, the husband sued, and they tried to say the husband can’t sue because HE had had the subscription a long time ago.

    Each subscriber loses the right to sue for any of their loved ones.

    After all, if they’re dead, they can’t sue you anyway

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      6 months ago

      If it really boils down to this, how can one fight back? I don’t wanna sit here and see these sad articles blow by, what can I do to tell Disney to fuck off. I did not sign up for this, I wanted to watch funny cartoons and superheroes like a normal person, and this is my reward? If suing them is futile, is storming their office and yelling at their corporate head about this any better? I’m pissed, and I can’t sit here and wait for other legal heads to shut this stupid clause down.