• Transporter Room 3@startrek.website
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        4 months ago

        Sometimes for gits and shiggles, I’ll check the one star reviews for things I know are going to trip inexperienced people up.

        Like… It’s basically the “substituted flour with powdered eggplant and milk with tobacco sauce, 1/10 tasted horrible but I followed the recipe exactly” meme

        Especially anything with DIY properties. “doesn’t work, connected to the battery and it immediately blew up” when it’s clear from the picture they hooked a 48v battery into a 12v speed controller. Or cut some wires they weren’t supposed to. Or reversed polarity of an important component. Or…

        And rather than admit they fucked it up, they give bad reviews.

        I particularly like when the listing is clearly for something that requires assembly, and bad reviews complain it came “in pieces”. READ, YOU DENSE MOTHERFUCKERS

        And if you see a bunch of bad grammar, and inconsistent specs in a listing… Maybe don’t put too much faith in the $5 item that would cost $100 if you bought it from a licensed and certified source with quality assurance…

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    4 months ago

    I worked in craft beer marketing for a while and the running joke about untapped was something like…

    “Best lager I’ve ever had… I don’t like lagers. 1 star.”

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    4 months ago

    One way to get five star ratings would be climbing a tall building, enabling GOD MODE, and then blasting anything that moves with RPGs… At least that’s how I remember GTA San Andreas

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      4 months ago

      I don’t bother writing a review unless it’s a one or five star. Maybe a particularly offensive two star