Never believe the hype.

SnotFlickerman , 3 hours ago

I mean… when this first happened…

People paid into the GoFundMe because they thought it was so fucked that all he got was a shitty goodie bag.

I usually see these stories as failures of the system (and to be clear, they are), but in this case, a large number of people saw something that was straight bullshit, and tried to fix that bullshit with kind donations.

That second part, that’s the part that IS NOT a Boring Dystopia.

In other words, this mainly fits because it’s been years since this happened and the way it was presented in a throwaway Xeet. Everyone who remembers the original story remembers that it went viral because it was fucked up that all he got was a shitty goodie bag despite having never missed a day in 27 years.

People coming together to fight the boring dystopia isn’t boring or dystopian, personal opinion.

dohpaz42 , 3 hours ago

This is why I say that “technically correct” is the worst kind of correct.

TheDarksteel94 , 3 hours ago

Wdym, it’s not even technically correct. It’s just wrong.

black0ut , 2 hours ago

He was gifted 400k, just not by BK. The post doesn’t say it was BK, even though it insinuates that. It’s technically correct, but it has a clearly deceitful intention.

dohpaz42 , 2 hours ago

The better way to have worded that post was to say, “A Burger King worker, who never missed a day of work in 27 years, was gifted $400k from a GoFundMe setup by his daughter.”

But that would mean being intentional and using more words. Can’t have that when you want to be spicy and increasing your engagement with ambiguity.

bappity , 3 hours ago

community notes is the BEST thing that Twitter could have ever done

fluxion , 2 hours ago

Which means Elon will find some way to render them useless soon

thesporkeffect , 39 minutes ago

Ooohh, he’s tryin’