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.
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.
The whole thing has a stink to it. Obviously I can’t be 100% certain, but whenever a story like that on reddit sounds a little too perfect, it’s probably made up.
Having more typos in the title than in the post is a hint.
It’s also just exactly the sort of thing that people will run away with on the internet. It’s hitting a hot button topic about something that people started seeing in memes a couple weeks ago.
Plus it’s too smooth. If the intention was to relay an event that actually happened, there’d be some kind of rough edge to it, something unexpected. But if the intention was to expand on that meme in an easily digestible way, this is what you’d get.
It’s not the most obviously fake post I’ve seen on reddit, and it’s possible I’m wrong. But like I said, I’d be willing bet on it.
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)
It’d be really funny if your name was Carol
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.
I sincerely hope they win the case and receive a good compensation.
I’d be willing to bet that it’s fake.
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.
The whole thing has a stink to it. Obviously I can’t be 100% certain, but whenever a story like that on reddit sounds a little too perfect, it’s probably made up.
Having more typos in the title than in the post is a hint.
It’s also just exactly the sort of thing that people will run away with on the internet. It’s hitting a hot button topic about something that people started seeing in memes a couple weeks ago.
Plus it’s too smooth. If the intention was to relay an event that actually happened, there’d be some kind of rough edge to it, something unexpected. But if the intention was to expand on that meme in an easily digestible way, this is what you’d get.
It’s not the most obviously fake post I’ve seen on reddit, and it’s possible I’m wrong. But like I said, I’d be willing bet on it.
comments just said the ad is legal and click link to file a complaint :(
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)
It’s an ad for a television show in which the main character’s name is Carol
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.
“we’re sorry if we upset you, Carol” is an unsettling line used to show premise at the beginning of the show.
Item 11. 🫠