Problem is finding stuff that isn't trending. My favorite brand for jeans that was super comfortable, cheap and durable stopped making baggy jeans, so I had to shop elsewhere which was much more expensive
It does make it worse because by accepting a free item they have a commitment to making at the very least a decent review, they didnt have to accept it, they could have sent it back (specially considering it was their prototype, you cannot buy a product at that stage). If they bought it and decided to shove it up their ass to test how well it cools their intestines I would find it extremely weird but fuck it, they bought it and they can do w/e they want with it.
It was a necessary "drama" imo. You mentioned the stress the team was put through but also I think Linus' ego needed to be brought down a lot. The way he talked on wan show about the cooler is like someone who thinks he is a tech god, saying something is bad is expected but outright claiming the product is worthless and will never amount to anything is just bad taste specially when you got it for free AND didn't bother testing it properly.
One can hope this situation will bring positive lasting change to the way the company is run but also the image Linus has of himself.
Best part is portuguese, it seems kids in Portugal are now speaking with a brazilian accent because most Portuguese videos on youtube/tiktok are made by brazilians lol get reverse colonized suckers
Man, when I was studying in the US there was this girl from Israel, she was super sweet and nice, very extroverted. During a party she shared her Facebook and a someone noticed she had a picture with a gun and she talked about how she had to go through training for a year and even showed us how she could carry the heaviest guy there using what she learned.
The one guy asked her about Palestinians (why, just why). I swear I never saw someone change her demeanor so quickly. The sweet woman became pure hatred in one second, she started talking how they were less than human, murderers, just pure evil and should wiped off the face of the earth, how they were the reason she and other young people had to go through compulsory military training. That was one wild thing to see, and it was clear that hatred was passed down to her since she was young and didn't seem to have gone through much.