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That 'gas station sushi almost killed me' thumbnail got me, then I looked up the guy's actual story
I saw a thumbnail last week with a guy in a hospital bed and the words 'GAS STATION SUSHI ALMOST KILLED ME' in red letters. I rolled my eyes and clicked it just to hate watch, expecting some fake drama channel. Turns out the guy was in Norton, Ohio and he really did get sick from a roll he bought at a Speedway off I-76. He showed the actual ER bill, $4,300 before insurance, and the date on it matched the news story from the local paper. The part that got me was that he wasn't even mad at the store, he was mad at himself for eating it at 11pm after a double shift. So the title was loud and dumb but the story underneath was real, which almost made me madder than if it was fake. Where do you all draw the line between a stupid thumbnail and an actual lie?
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spencer_gonzalez17d ago
The part about him being mad at himself instead of the store is what gets me, your mileage may vary but that hits different than the usual outrage bait. I had the same thing happen with a video called something like "I ate 30 day old pizza" and I clicked it ready to laugh, and the dude was just a broke college kid who genuinely could not afford groceries that week. He showed his empty fridge and his bank app and I felt like a jerk for even opening it. So for me the line is when they fake the actual facts, like a made up bill or a made up date, that is a lie and I am out. A loud dumb title on a true story is annoying but at least I am not being played, take that with a grain of salt though because I still hate watched it.
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