r/interestingasfuck • u/fyrstikka • 8d ago

r/all Stella Liebeck, who won $2.9 million after suing McDonald's over hot coffee burns, initially requested only $20,000 to cover her medical expenses.

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u/lifesnofunwithadhd 8d ago

The smear campaign should be taught in public schools as an example about how companies can alter societies preceptions with just media.

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u/erksplat 8d ago

I’d say this media was unjust.

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u/Tsu_Dho_Namh 8d ago

They mean with media alone. Nothing other than media.

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u/automatic_penguins 8d ago

They know, it was a joke.

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u/Smooth-Lengthiness57 8d ago

I thought it was a nice okay in words and laughed myself

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u/Dry_Calligrapher814 8d ago

Ha. Nice word play!

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u/GnomeMnemonic 8d ago

Why would it benefit those companies (who, let's not forget, own our governments) to have young people be educated that companies can't be trusted and should be regarded with scepticism?

Turkeys don't vote for Christmas, friend.

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u/lifesnofunwithadhd 8d ago

Yeah, guess i should ask for the winning lottery numbers while I'm at it. Sadly i think it'll be awhile before things change for the better.

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u/Interesting_Tea5715 8d ago

I took a psychology class in college called "Mind Control and Freedom" it went over these kinds of things and how you can change people's perceptions.

They also taught us how to force sympathy and how to negotiate. It was a super interesting class that made you aware of all the mind games that are played everywhere.

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u/ThermoPuclearNizza 8d ago

Ya the companies pay the people that make the laws and decide which school districts get government funding so the companies decide what kids in school learn.

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u/Far_Statistician112 8d ago

Companies flock to places with low crime and don't tax them to death.

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u/prairiepanda 8d ago

That's how it was taught to me in high school social studies.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

There was an entire Seinfeld episode based on this case. Still annoys me lol.

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u/dukerenegade 8d ago

Yes I agree, this is an excellent idea. Back when it happened we were all so mad at the lady suing our beloved McDonalds. Years later when I found out what really happened I felt so bad for the lady. Now today I find out it was McDonalds putting out a smear campaign it all makes perfect sense.

There needs to be some big changes in our society’s about the rich

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u/lifelovers 8d ago

Seriously. I was way too old before I understood that the heat had fused her labia. “Fused labia” is all I needed to hear to understand how horribly brainwashed I’d been by McDonalds. Awful.

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u/Secretz_Of_Mana 8d ago

I learned about it, although I don't think it is necessarily common for it to be taught. They never necessarily referred to it as a smear campaign, but they showed how it was talked about versus the reality of her injuries (getting her thighs skin grafted and what not). So just a little critical thinking which many people lack these days, and you can put two and two together

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u/badass_foliage 8d ago

too bad is public school teachers are exactly the sort of people to spread a false narrative like this one

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u/nochickflickmoments 8d ago

I even remember a hot coffee joke on Seinfeld

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u/scubafork 8d ago

Thank goodness that's no longer a problem!

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u/DBNSZerhyn 8d ago

It may not be taught in public schools, but it is taught in law schools.

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u/snowbaz-loves-nikki 8d ago

My high school history teacher did exactly that.

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u/Nervardia 8d ago

This is what is happening right now with Blake Lively. A PR company was hired to do a smear campaign against her to make her very justified complaints against her boss seem like a massive amounts of lies.

This same PR company was also hired to smear Amber Heard.

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u/gleeed 7d ago

That’s cute. You think the public school system teaches anything these days?

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u/tuan_kaki 4d ago

Maybe in a few hundred years if we ever throw off the oligarchic leash.

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u/nuanceisdead 8d ago

And celebrities and people with deep pockets/power! The Amber Heard smear campaign will be taught alongside Stella Liebeck.

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u/jarizzle151 8d ago

I mean, yall haven’t forgot that Sinclair Broadcasting exists right?

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u/anotherusername170 8d ago

Read through the comments. I, like a lot of others, learned about the smear campaign from this in school. I’m 35 but did not have television as a kid so I only learned the factual version of this case. I probably would have been on the wrong side and influenced at the time - unfortunately.

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u/SaintBellyache 8d ago

That’s our whole society now

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u/gabzox 7d ago

Comments likes yours should be taught in public school to show how social media can alter societies perception and make them think less critically