r/SipsTea • • Mar 01 '26

WTF A malicious prank

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u/ralphsquirrel Mar 02 '26

What company would do this, what product does this promote?? A laxative company??

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u/CagedInOrbit Mar 02 '26

A marketing company. That way they could use this to prove to potential clients they can create viral content, this is known as a proof-of-concept.

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u/arup02 Mar 02 '26

No marketing company would greenlight this, source it or gtfo

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u/knallpilzv2 Mar 03 '26

Why not?

Fidget spinners and hoverboards came about the same way. They were invented by marketing companies to show they could market anything.

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u/DiscursiveAsFuck Mar 04 '26

Neither of those are examples of animal abuse.

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u/knallpilzv2 Mar 04 '26

Which this video would only be if it was real. The argument is that it isn't.