I am a dumbfuck piece of shit (Sorry Visa)

The BBQ Pit
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In this thread, I clearly fucked up.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=146287

I insulted Visa because I did not get their clever commerical. I can’t believe I posted that. It was wrong and I am sorry Visa. To make it up I am going to apply for a Visa card and carry a balance and pay interest. I hope this will make it up to them. I will also be nice to their telemarketers, even if they call during dinner or BZ00000 time.

I will save some of you the joke.

BZ00000 why don’t you just have the robots warm up the time machine and go back and stop yourself from posting this? Well, the answer is I still can’t travel in time, but I am studying up, go Max Born.

Now, that I get it, this is a clever and fun commerical and I really hope it wins an award.

Hope every who reads this will consider no longer using checks and get a Visa Check Cashing Card. They are clearly a great product or why else would they have such a great commerical. I am sure you can apply here:

http://www.visa.com/

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Youll have to do a lot for the money Visa has lost do to your defamation of them.

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Is this “parody season” or something?

And are you promoting a commercial product now on the SDMB??

:eek:

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I’m not sure if he realises that no-one from Visa really cares that he incredibly humerously misinterpreted one of their ads.

Though if someone wants to send them a copy of the thread I’m sure they’d get a kick out of it!

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Computer: ~$700
ISP: ~$40/month
Straight Dope Message Board account: $210,000[sup][1][/sup]

Using a public forum to piss all over a huge corporation like an incontinent basset hound: Priceless.

For everyday self-immolation, there’s smoking in bed. For everything else, there’s SDMB.

[1] calculation based on approximate yearly man-hours of work wasted on Pit threads

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If you ask via email nicely a mod may lock that thread for you.

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Apoogizing is good. More people ought to do it more often. Well done.

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this thread wolfie

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BTW wolfie I at least have the bushfire excuse for being awake at this hour of the night. What the hell are yiou doing awake at almost 4am your time? :slight_smile:

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BZ00000, did the men in the black suits from VISA come and give you a little talking to?

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BZ00000, before I nominate you for the Emily Letilla award for the Pit, I want to say that you are obviously a man of high integrity and courage to admit your mistake to all on the board here. I can’t be sure that I wouldn’t just scurry away and never return to the boards if I were in your shoes. You’re a better man than I. Bravo!

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You know, I actually found your apology more funny (in a good way) than the original thread. Maybe it’s just the tone I gave it, but I liked it a lot. “I really hope it wins an award.” Classic.

Well handled, BZ. Everyone fucks up sometimes – it’s how we handle the aftermath that sets us apart.

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Nice recovery. Well done.

Haj

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You didnt have to call yourself a dumbfuck,That seems a little harsh, you could have just said 'oops"

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Who is Emily Letilla?

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A character from the early days of Saturday Night Live played by Gilda Radner. She would appear during the Weekend Update segments (a newscast type of thing) with commentary. She’d get all upset over a topic and rant and rave for a while until she was informed that she had made an error in her assumptions. She would then issue her famous tag line, “Never mind.”

Haj

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What’s All This I Hear about Soviet Jewelry???

What’s All This I Hear about Busting Children???

What’s All This I Hear about Polio Shirts???

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BZ you make me laugh sooooo much. How old are you? Are you live or are you Memorex?

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Plus, she was made to look like this cute little lady with cardigan and glasses-like some middle aged sweet spinster who would live next door and bake cookies for the little kids and volunteer at stores. Like a sweet, but dotty old aunt.

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Didnt she always manage to call Jane Curtain (SP?) a Bitch too?