Comment on Fresh dystopian hell from Samsung fridges with ads.

wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• axexrx@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • Foni@piefed.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I sincerely hope they win the case and receive a good compensation. 

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    • moakley@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’d be willing to bet that it’s fake.

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      • Foni@piefed.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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    comments just said the ad is legal and click link to file a complaint :(

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• hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Item 11. 🫠

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• EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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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  • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s an ad for a television show in which the main character’s name is Carol

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    • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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      • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        “we’re sorry if we upset you, Carol” is an unsettling line used to show premise at the beginning of the show.

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