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[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Feel like the lesson might be better learned if it went the other way.

"Yeah I sold you some fake shit. Go find a chicken for me to fight and I'll do it again."

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Dude was humiliated so throughly that we're still dunking on him 2000 years later, I don't know that we can really improve on how effective this was...

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[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

2000 years later and people are still selling things under false pretenses.

Bring back the surprise lion.

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