• @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      521 year ago

      No kidding. So far:

      • What is at the most drastic possible interpretation only a case of exaggerated language. She said “killing people with this” when maybe she should have said “making people unhealthy with this” or “loading people up with too much sugar with this”. This civil case is being prosecuted under some kind of cyber terrorism / fomenting charge
      • They put her in a water-filled holding cell where she could only stand or squat, not sit or lie down, for twelve hours
      • After that, the police showed up at her home, invited themselves in, wouldn’t let her or her daughters leave, stayed there for twelve hours (doing what??)

      This is evil, horrific, monstrous behavior. Corruption I think of as selling road building contracts over golf. This is evil corruption.

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    411 year ago

    What are the odds the food owner has a good friend at the ol’ Nigerian Justice Department.

    This whole thing is bullshit on top of bullshit.

    • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      191 year ago

      Almost 100%, The justice dept is behaving in such an over the top way here, it’s either that or they just want to demonstrate how they themselves can get away with mistreating a citizen.

    • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      manufacturer had used the incorrect stock photo for the part

      That’s apparently really common. It’s a lot of trouble to bring every transmission, door handle, gas tank, hood hinge, etc… into the studio for a reference image. They use a “basic” image a lot of the times.

      • @Default_Defect@midwest.social
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        71 year ago

        I had the good fortune to be able to buy ebay car parts that are exclusively photographed on a dirty workbench, and they’ve always worked like a charm.

        • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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          11 year ago

          Used market is a bit easier to do that as both the seller and buyer understand that having a clear set with proper lighting isn’t necessary.

  • @HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee
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    221 year ago

    I hope that her defense also makes the argument that there is no damages because online reviews have zero value when the majority of them are fake paid reviews.

  • @taanegl@lemmy.world
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    -301 year ago

    Let’s make a competing brand for Africa called BIG-DIKO. Make it the most nutritional and have natty black dudes pose for the cans.

    “Zero filler, all substance - get swole, have a BIG-DIKO.”

  • @Mango@lemmy.world
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    -331 year ago

    Holy shit, fuck Nigeria. Can we freedom them next? Sounds like they actually need it, but there’s probably no oil to be had.

    • @aleph@lemm.ee
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      271 year ago

      There’s shittons of oil in Nigeria, and most of it is being siphoned off by multinational oil companies.

      No need to invade if you can just get the corrupt government you’re propping up to sell it to you cheap in the first place.

    • @pleasejustdie@lemmy.world
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      201 year ago

      They have a lot of rich but unfortunate princes though, so there must be something to sustain all the royalty trying to give me their money.

    • @FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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      141 year ago

      As far as large corporations being able to sue you and get the cops to harass you the US may actually be worse.

      • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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        -11 year ago

        Jesus fucking christ always this comment 🙄

        “Well in the US they put a lady on the rack for reviewing a song in spotify. It’s not true but it’s true because I know it!”

        • @FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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          81 year ago

          Nintendo literally shut down a company last month for developing an emulator for the switch just by having more money.

          • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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            -11 year ago

            Yeah and we are talking about a woman being TORTURED in Nigeria.

            Not sure how you can think Nintendo suing someone is comparable to this.

            • @FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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              21 year ago

              According to the article the conditions in the jail were just deplorable to the point of being torture which is also common in the US. So that’s also comparable.

    • @schmidtster@lemmy.world
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      Maybe don’t claim their product is killing people because it’s a little too sweet for your taste…?

      Okoli responded: “Help me advise your brother to stop ki***ing people with his product, yesterday was my first time of using and it’s pure sugar.”

      Yeah that’s not gonna go over well anywhere, even the USA. Especially being a business owner….

        • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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          81 year ago

          Hey hey let’s keep it accurate here. Nobody’s talking about executing her.

          So far they’ve only intimidated, tortured, and [reading between the lines with the twelve hour surprise police visit to her home] possibly raped her.

        • @schmidtster@lemmy.world
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          -151 year ago

          It’s not hyperbole when you are business owner and/or a large following of people who can sway things.

          Kind of like police taking advantage of their power and being held to different standards than the general public……

          Yeah this shits not hyperbole and she would be sued in the States too, sorry, this isn’t freedom of speech by any stretch here.

      • JackGreenEarth
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        121 year ago

        She shouldn’t have been so melodramatic, but she also shouldn’t have been arrested for being melodramatic.

        • @schmidtster@lemmy.world
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          She’s a person in a position of power due to being a business owner and her followers, just like anyone else in that position, they should know better and are held to higher standard.

          She fucked up and would be sued anywhere in the world for her remarks, sorry for pointing out facts ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ shits not free speech when you are in some positions, she crossed that line:

      • @PiousAgnostic@lemmy.world
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        31 year ago

        McDonalds kills people every day with unhealthy foods. No joke, no hyperbole pure murder. Kills them due to thier greed. I live in the US. Do you think I should be scared 😆

        • @LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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          11 year ago

          Except this is hyperbole. People can live 80 years off eating McDonald’s and others die by eating healthy organic foods in their 50s. McDonald’s is a byproduct of the culture. It doesn’t kill people so much as their lifestyle kills them.