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Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’ (7news.com.au)
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Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’::‘Was annoyed that the amount due on my Woolies purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

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[–] DaddleDew 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ragebait had become the new tactic to generate engagement for a while now.

Hopefully people will soon catch on and become fed up with it because I am sure this tactic has been one of the biggest contributing factors in polarizing people against each other and making politics so toxic.

[–] ABCDE 5 points 9 months ago

Facebook has started to do that and... it's fucking annoying that it works. Lots of bullshit demonising trans people pushed to me 10+ times a day.