What’s a common “fact” that’s spread around that’s actually not true and pisses you off that too many people believe it?

  • MusicSoulEdu@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    That the granny who sued McDonald’s was just upset that her coffee was too hot.

    She suffered from either third or fourth degree burns, on her lap.

    Parts of her were fused together.

    She just wanted McDonald’s to cover the medical bill, but they dragged her name through the mud.

    • elfharm@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      Yep, also they had previously been warned about serving coffee that hot, but studies had shown that serving it that hot meant that people drank less of it. And that “crazy” judgement (2.5 million?) wasn’t a random number. That’s how much they make off coffee in one day.

    • Tiral@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      I saw that, yeah McDonald’s really tried to blast her as a sue happy bitch. All she asked for was medical bill costs initially which is reasonable.