• @jettrscga
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      4710 months ago

      Similar with the woman who spilled McDonald’s coffee on her lap and sued. International joke because of McDonald’s smear campaign, but it turned out their coffee was legitimately served too hot to cut costs.

      • @LemmyKnowsBest
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        1210 months ago

        The spilled coffee soaked through her clothes while she was sitting buckled in her car seatbelt and the coffee was so hot that her skin melted and her labia fused together 😱

        • @ohlaph
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          610 months ago

          She originally just asked them to pay for the medical expenses too. McDonald’s refused and ended up paying much more in legal expenses and what was awarded to the lady.

    • @RealFknNito
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      10 months ago

      That’s the nature of many tragedies I’m afraid. Monty Python and The Holy Grail comes to mind where I recall it opening to the bubonic plague of people being thrown onto a cart with someone screaming “Bring out yer dead!” and the joke is someone tries to ‘bring out’ someone that’s still alive, insisting they’ll be dead soon.

      I don’t think anyone really ascribes malice to the jokes, it’s just a way to cope through dark history.

        • @RealFknNito
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          510 months ago

          If you want something more recent, I think something happened in 2001 but I can’t quite remember.

          • hypnotoad
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            210 months ago

            Some sort of fraction, i think the denominator was 11

          • @[email protected]
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            110 months ago

            It was a global tragedy. I know a guy who had to walk through blood and bones looking for his brother.