One Reddit user spotted an Aliexpress ad for a "pet incinerator" on Instagram, a macabre encounter that raises plenty of questions.

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[–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Important question - can it be used for billionaires?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Why would anybody have so many pets they need an incinerator?!? Serial killer starter kit?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    It is for influencers.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Because it gets views, and now you're inadvertently advertising for AliExpress too.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago

    I'm really tired of the "commentary on advertisments is forbidden" people in every thread about an ad. No, this thread is not an advertisement, we're laughing at an advertisement for a weird thing we aren't buying.

    Ads exist. This one is ridiculous. If you don't want to talk about it, fine, but let the rest of us have a laugh. Nobody in this comment section is about to impulse-buy a pet incinerator. This thread has no effect on AliBaba's bottom line.

    No one likes a scold.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    They don't have any noise level specs. That's important in case you live in a tight housing situation. That's how I would start my search for the perfect fit for me. But sure ease of use is also important. Don't want be messing around with pilot flames and tank connections and timing buttons for the perfect char color control.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Can you heat your apartment with it?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Curious about what kind of tracking segment you need to be in to have this surfaced lol

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Can you buy a 6 pack?

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    [–] 27 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

    Morbid as they are, pet incinerators are a reasonable purchase for businesses that need to safely dispose of a deceased animal, such as a veterinary clinic.

    But the optics are dicey for an ad on social media, and even more so when it’s targeting users outside the veterinary industry and features adorable AI-generated images of pets.

    I don't see why it ever would be a good idea to advertise this on social media. Must be a way to target only clinics.

    And the pics are fucking horrible.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

    Or it’s just an automated ad pulling a random product onto some one’s feed based on viewing history. Which then got passed around which caused the algorithm to start spreading the ad

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I suppose if your viewing history includes bulk orders of veterinary supplies, this is probably a decently targeted ad.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    It’s Ali Express, they could have viewed anything vent related and it pulled an item with the same tag. I viewed a customized tshirt with a funny saying and the name KIM on it (I’m not Kim nor do I have any one close named Kim)

    I now get a million ads for stupid customized everything with KIM as the customizable name, just because I viewed one item to read what the joke on the shirt said

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Phrasing here is what's weird. Who exactly is the target audience of buyers?

    If they called it "animal crematorium" or "carcass incinerator", it would make sense for veterinary clinics and farms. Who tf searches for "pet incinerator"?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I don't want people to get the wrong idea and click away thinking this is for incinerating the family dog or cat.

    It also works on rabbits.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Are these targeted at FBI recruits?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    Of course it’s aliexpress. I suspect it’s automated. I’ve received ads for dental chairs, diggers, skincare lasers, and everything in between while shopping for electrical connectors (deutsch).

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Meta needs to be destroyed for so many reasons

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Maybe the target audience is serial killers?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago*

    “Let’s send mixed messages. Be sure to include lots of healthy, well-groomed, cute pets in the ad. Also, make sure the animals are sized oddly relative to one another, to give potential buyers no sense of scale. If we don’t know how big this thing is, then neither should they.”

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago*

    How much?

    I have no need for one, but I am curious how much an impulse buy like this is going to cost.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (8 children)

    What do your pets have Ebola? Just bury them like a normal person...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (6 children)

    we had our dog cremated. granted we did not do it ourselves.

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    it was an option and it allows us to have her ashes.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Enter Ricky Bobby’s new garage business.

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    [–] 64 points 1 month ago

    I'm laughing my ass off

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago

    Yes. For "pets". Less mess than a guillotine or wood chipper.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Well, I'm sure Texans could make use of this now that abortion is illegal

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  • [–] 34 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Maybe. I think it's also illegal for women to operate machinery there.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Pulling out in Texas counts as a misdemeanor abortion /s

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I'm gonna need to get a LOT more cats before I can justify this purchase.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Okay clearly they're just selling for vets and stuff right?

    Kristi Noem starter apartment?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Turn the death of a pet from tragedy to opportunity. With this pet incinerator, you will be able to boost your income and recoup your investment in no time at all.

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    Dude, let people have hobbies!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I'm not sure how this is confusing at all. Dead pets get cremated all the time, just like dead people.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Now that farmers in the USA can slaughter their own livestock for sale, the demand is there.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago

    Nazis killed the Jew's pets.

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    This is where my cat is going if she wakes me up by picking at the mattress and rustling things again.

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