re: Internet mob mentality, the Florida Cake-pop fiasco

The driver comes out the best in all of this. I do think the overall signage with the additional info besides the help yourself was a little less ambiguous than the internet warriors make it out to be, and the driver seems to admit this including by only thinking the dye -‘free’ product was free or help yourself. The driver apologized, paid, and tried to defend the business.

I don’t think the business needs to offer the community something like Ashley stated. Without seeing the set up completely I am not entirely sure a public mea culpa is required (but they should have been first to explain and take post down), but the husband should not have doubled down on the theft issue after explanation of actions and payment given. The business also does need to realize that it is going to get customers that have no clue about their business or its usual processes after just stopping when seeing something from the street, and using terms like self service or self pay to save yourself time would be a ton better than “help yourself” along with less obvious stuff posted about pricing and so on. I guessing they have mostly repeat customers or customers who have learned about them before visiting, but when you place something in public outside business or home business in this case you need to be very clear as anyone could pass by and see it.

Women also need to quit getting their self worth on the internet thru motivating a mob to get offended with then and cancel people over something that didn’t seem to affect her at all as at least in quotes from article I don’t see broad strokes being applied to a group or group of people. I don’t think Ashley hates seeing a business tank like she stated. I think she gets wet over this (maybe moist).

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My theory is the entire dalton and sako thing is a long con by them to make a ton of money really quick. They are making $75k a day in revenue with the drama. I had seen a couple of their videos before. Didn't follow because it's just a redneck and some average black woman living in a WV holler but I'll admit they know how to make a soap opera.

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I'm on the internet a lot, and I haven't heard of either of these things. You need to go outside

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Dalton and Sako

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I must be getting old, because I have no idea what this is.

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Some put rum in it. Some put other liquids.
Nothing special. Like really dense cake the size of a tootsie pop

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Pretty sure they came about when bakers used cake leftover from structured cakes they were making (that had been trimmed off) to make them and sell them/eliminating cake waste.

Usually you mix the cake leftovers with icing then dip them into a melted coating (like chocolate). Then they took off.

No different than posting here or anywhere.
Forums like this are a dying relics of the internet propped up by older generations.
All are time eaters.

You think it's stupid this went viral yet shared it with all of us on OT?
I live in FL, first I've heard of it.

I didn't think it was stupid.
Also an old forum full of Baby Boomers isn't the heartbeat of the internet anymore.
Just because YOU haven't heard of it doesn't mean many others haven't.