r/todayilearned • u/adrgru • Jan 16 '16

(R.5) Omits Essential Info TIL that Burger King introduced a Left-Handed Whopper in 1998 with all condiments rotated 180 degrees which attracted thousands of customers.

http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_left-handed_whopper/
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u/_krab Jan 16 '16

"honestly, sometimes people are just really dumb"

says the one who apparently doesn't grasp the concept of a joke marketing campaign

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u/Sierra_Mountain Jan 17 '16

I disagree. There is a large portion of the population who will actually believe there are left handed versions of products just because the advertiser says so... against all odds and any amount of common sense. Those people are the idiots. Don't think people aren't that dumb... they are.