I get the vibe that they wanted to use Karen, but realized alienating and insulting their users just for complaining about the ads was a bit too far. (Apple and Samsung can just rot in a ditch)
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wander1236@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It’d be really funny if your name was Carol
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
PrimeErective@startrek.website 1 month ago
It’s an ad for a television show in which the main character’s name is Carol
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Didn’t know.
It still does (at least to me) look like they formatted it to low-key insult the people complaining about the advent of ads on appliances.
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“we’re sorry if we upset you, Carol” is an unsettling line used to show premise at the beginning of the show.
hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
axexrx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There was a reddit legal advice post recently with that premise. Poster’s sister was a schizophrenic named Carol, who checked herself into an inpatient mental facility, after seeing this ad on a smart fridge, and thinking her treatment was failing and she was slipping into another episode.
Brother was wondering if they had grounds to sue over treatment costs.
Foni@piefed.zip 1 month ago
I sincerely hope they win the case and receive a good compensation.
moakley@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’d be willing to bet that it’s fake.
Foni@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Why? Carol doesn’t sound like a strange name and I know people with schizophrenia, if that happened to them they would surely be, at best, problematic.
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 1 month ago
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comments just said the ad is legal and click link to file a complaint :(