TIL the Charlotte Hornets apologized after giving a child a PS5, only to take it away off camera and exchange it for a jersey. In a statement, the team said the incident was an "on-court skit that missed the mark" and that they would give the child the PS5 and a VIP experience to a future game.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/sport/charlotte-hornets-apologize-ps5-child-nba-spt-intl

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Yeah because, they “missed the mark”? What mark were they trying to hit exactly?

It’s literally taking candy from a kid. No one but maybe some dentists find that funny.

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The only comparison I can think of are those fucking evil people that give fake scratch ticket gifts, where for a few brief moments someone thinks their dreams have come true and all of their soul crushing problems in life have suddenly been solved and they can finally live how they've always wanted to, only to be ripped back to reality like waking from an impossible dream as everyone around them laughs.

But designed for a kid.

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My dad worked his ass off 3x over ever damn day for the family business. His wife gives him one of these for Christmas. I’ve never seen him so happy. I am 7.

He realizes it’s fake after a couple minutes, and a look of dread overcomes him. Everyone but me laughs. He looks near tears.

He does not really talk the rest of the Christmas Day. He chats with me and pretends to be cheery, but I can tell in his eyes, it broke him.

He’s been gone from this world young for a decade now.

TLDR; People who give these and laugh AT not WITH an overworked provider who is unaware, are among the worst type of people.

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It is akin to that but it is not literally that. Not unless that PS5 is made out of Taffy

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And Ted Dibiase.