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  • It’s actually a reference to a major US-based robocall scam; see my other comment.

    From Knowyourmeme:

    “According to an NPR interview from April 2021, phone scams about “your car’s extended warranty” started in the United States in 2007. A company called US Fidelis started a robocall campaign in 2007 that was legal but deceptive. Within the fine print of the extended warranty contract they offered was a clause that exempted US Fidelis from paying for a car’s repair in the shop. US Fidelis preyed on people who answered the robocall and signed the contract without reading all of the fine print.”


  • In America a “popular” (see: frequent) scam phone robocall campaign became so ubiquitous in/around 2007 that almost everyone has received the call at least once. From Knowyourmeme:

    “According to an NPR interview from April 2021, phone scams about “your car’s extended warranty” started in the United States in 2007. A company called US Fidelis started a robocall campaign in 2007 that was legal but deceptive. Within the fine print of the extended warranty contract they offered was a clause that exempted US Fidelis from paying for a car’s repair in the shop. US Fidelis preyed on people who answered the robocall and signed the contract without reading all of the fine print.”

    And again, merely referencing something isn’t a substitute for humor. This is still a shit meme despite the lore.


  • Call me the fun police, but I have never once laughed at a single extended warranty joke. To me this is the same the stupid John Cena you can’t see shit or the dumb pretend outrage about pizza toppings.

    These pop culture things that have the cadence of a joke but nothing to offer beyond “hey remember this?” just feel so pointless to me.







  • Vespair@lemm.eetomemes@lemmy.worldGatorade
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    2 months ago

    Yes, I’m sure this kind of conversation happens. But that’s about it. I feel confident nobody, nobody, on earth cares about Gatorade enough to organically make the meme in question. Like what kind of psychopath is putting that kind of importance on fucking Gatorade, even as a joke? This is an astroturfed corporate meme, y’all.



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    2 months ago

    /r/HailCorporate?

    Maybe I’m the outlier, but I don’t think normal people are out here having significant conversations about Gatorade on the regular in the first place. And I sure as hell don’t believe that anyone organically genuinely gives even half a shit what anyone else calls it. Just call it “shit water” like everyone else and more on.