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Just because someone suggested a possible scenario could happen and it then did happen isn't all that suspicious to me.

xioxox 11mo ago
Of course it might be genuine, but there's also a history of r/LegalAdviceUK getting a number of creative writing exercises. See this post: https://old.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1loyctr/ragebait_astroturfing_misinformation_heres_some/ https://old.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1loyctr/rage...
- JimDabell 11mo ago
  Why use the “creative writing exercise” euphemism that obscures the dishonesty? Call them liars, fakes, frauds, or whatever.
  - mlrtime 11mo ago
    Because it's internet + social media. You should assume 60% of it is made up, every time. People are either saying things they know to be untrue, or things they think are true but or not.
  - Gracana 11mo ago
    Because it’s not that serious.
- bityard 11mo ago
  I used to follow a few personal finance and FIRE subs. Pretty much all of them had surprising number of creative writing exercises too: "I just inherited $10 million from a dead relative I never knew, what should I do?" Or: "I sold my online business for $37 million, is this enough to retire on?" These daydreamers always create fresh throwaway accounts and usually never come back to answer clarifying questions. If they do, their answers are vague and unhelpful.
  - morkalork 11mo ago
    Many in the personal finance subs are hooks leading users to one scam or another. Mostly some mild and worthless ebook or course you pay for.
ffsm8 11mo ago
On Reddit? It should... These were historically almost always made up after people looked into it. To be clear, the picture is likely real. The backstory to it probably not. The people that actually feel like they've had the episode would almost certainly not go on social media with it. The venn diagram of people sharing such content, having the money to buy such a gigantic smart fridge and suffering from schizophrenia is miniscule
- GaryBluto 11mo ago
  > The people that actually feel like they've had the episode would almost certainly not go on social media with it. Did you read the post? It's somebody talking about what happened to their sister.
  - ffsm8 11mo ago
    I admittedly did not, initially. I did now and am even more certain it's made up now. I'm not sure how anyone can honestly think this is a person talking about their family. This is like a textbook made believe story people have been doing since Reddit got popular in early 2010s. For this story to be real, you'll have to add a fourth and fifth circle to the diagram with a family member being close enough to the person suffering from the illness to be confided in and being so karma hungry to utilize their personal story which is likely shameful to them for going viral on Reddit.
    - nsoqm 11mo ago
      It’s anti-tech rhetoric so it works well here in HN. That’s the entire purpose of it. Not to say ads on fridges aren’t stupid. But they are stupid enough by themselves; they don’t have to make up stories about them.
      - hn_throwaway_99 11mo ago
        Honestly some of the posts defending "it could be true!!" when nearly any rational reading of it would deem it "fake beyond a reasonable doubt" are just tiresome at this point. Like you say, it's easy to have a rational discussion that these adverts are dumb and annoying, and purporting this fan fiction as truth just weakens the case.
morkalork 11mo ago
When a million doomers post their predictions in response to something, a few are bound to be correct. Doesn't mean it's real, fake, or manifested by the hivemind. Just monkeys with typewriters.

xioxox 11mo ago

Of course it might be genuine, but there's also a history of r/LegalAdviceUK getting a number of creative writing exercises. See this post: https://old.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1loyctr/ragebait_astroturfing_misinformation_heres_some/ https://old.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1loyctr/rage...

JimDabell 11mo ago
Why use the “creative writing exercise” euphemism that obscures the dishonesty? Call them liars, fakes, frauds, or whatever.
- mlrtime 11mo ago
  Because it's internet + social media. You should assume 60% of it is made up, every time. People are either saying things they know to be untrue, or things they think are true but or not.
- Gracana 11mo ago
  Because it’s not that serious.
bityard 11mo ago
I used to follow a few personal finance and FIRE subs. Pretty much all of them had surprising number of creative writing exercises too: "I just inherited $10 million from a dead relative I never knew, what should I do?" Or: "I sold my online business for $37 million, is this enough to retire on?" These daydreamers always create fresh throwaway accounts and usually never come back to answer clarifying questions. If they do, their answers are vague and unhelpful.
- morkalork 11mo ago
  Many in the personal finance subs are hooks leading users to one scam or another. Mostly some mild and worthless ebook or course you pay for.

ffsm8 11mo ago

On Reddit? It should... These were historically almost always made up after people looked into it. To be clear, the picture is likely real. The backstory to it probably not. The people that actually feel like they've had the episode would almost certainly not go on social media with it. The venn diagram of people sharing such content, having the money to buy such a gigantic smart fridge and suffering from schizophrenia is miniscule

GaryBluto 11mo ago
> The people that actually feel like they've had the episode would almost certainly not go on social media with it. Did you read the post? It's somebody talking about what happened to their sister.
- ffsm8 11mo ago
  I admittedly did not, initially. I did now and am even more certain it's made up now. I'm not sure how anyone can honestly think this is a person talking about their family. This is like a textbook made believe story people have been doing since Reddit got popular in early 2010s. For this story to be real, you'll have to add a fourth and fifth circle to the diagram with a family member being close enough to the person suffering from the illness to be confided in and being so karma hungry to utilize their personal story which is likely shameful to them for going viral on Reddit.
  - nsoqm 11mo ago
    It’s anti-tech rhetoric so it works well here in HN. That’s the entire purpose of it. Not to say ads on fridges aren’t stupid. But they are stupid enough by themselves; they don’t have to make up stories about them.
    - hn_throwaway_99 11mo ago
      Honestly some of the posts defending "it could be true!!" when nearly any rational reading of it would deem it "fake beyond a reasonable doubt" are just tiresome at this point. Like you say, it's easy to have a rational discussion that these adverts are dumb and annoying, and purporting this fan fiction as truth just weakens the case.

morkalork 11mo ago

When a million doomers post their predictions in response to something, a few are bound to be correct. Doesn't mean it's real, fake, or manifested by the hivemind. Just monkeys with typewriters.