A few things you need to know about this hot coffee case:
It wasn’t an issue of the coffee being because no fucking shit coffee is hot, but McDonald’s had over heated their water to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s 121C. Not just hot, but really FUCKING hot. Your fancy Starbucks lattes are brewed to 150 degrees.
The 79 year old woman had this cup of 250F (121C) coffee between her legs when it spilled so 250F (121C) coffee spilled on her genitals
She got third degree burns…on her genitals. THIRD DEGREE.
She had to have skin grafts to repair the damage
When she sued McDonald’s, it wasn’t for millions of dollars, it was for $20,000 to cover hospital costs and court fees. 20-fucking-thousand.
It was the courts that awarded her the amount of money she got. Again, she only wanted hospital bills and court costs
McDonald’s changed their heating policy, but not before making her sign a gag order keeping her from talking about this case
So she had to live on hearing little shits like you call her stupid and money-grubbing, and other horrendous stuff because she dared ask the company in the wrong to fix what they fucked up.
MORE FUN FACTS:
9. The woman who was burned was not driving the car, she was a passenger.
10. The car was not in motion when she was burned. The car was parked so she could add cream and sugar.
The coffee case is one of the biggest examples of a carefully-crafted smear campaign by a company that is in the wrong trying to hide that.
Additionally, several people had been badly burned by McDonald’s coffee prior to that case, both employees and customers, and McDonald’s had been fined and told to lower the heat of their coffee. They refused to lower the coffee’s heat, continuing to serve a product they KNEW from EXPERIENCE was dangerous, because they could.
When she was burned, she reached out to McDonald’s for them to cover her medical expenses. They sent her a coupon booklet as a big eff yuu.
She required skin grafts not just on her genitals but on her thighs, buttocks, and I think stomach. Like, it was a lot of skin grafts! And did you know that skin grafts don’t always take? She was very severely hurt by a product that McDonald’s knew for a FACT was dangerous.
But nah, go on talking about how she was just foolish and greedy, that’s obviously the case, big corporations have all of our best interest in heart, really they do.
Her name was Stella Liebeck. She has since passed away but I think it’s important to name the victim in this story. Her name was Stella Liebeck and the coffee was so hot that it fused her labia together. It melted her genitals closed. But it’s all just a giant joke, huh?
The amount of punitive damages awarded in the case was initially set at the amount that McDonald’s made from selling hot coffee in about two days. The amount was reduced on appeal but always bear in mind that the initial award was not unreasonably disproportionate - they wanted to send a message.
Recently the Steven Universe has gotten a little controversy because some members of it bullied artist http://paigepaz.tumblr.com because she drew Amethyst skinny. This caused her to almost commit suicide. She’s ok now, but this has caused people to say that this proves that the Su Fanbase is the worst
even though many fanbases have sent death or rape threats way more frequently than this one (Gamergate anyone). They also use this to prove how awful SJWs are, this is also not true but that’s for another post. Let’s instead use this as a learning experience and learn how to treat artists.
Ok, so here’s a scenario. You are browsing Tumblr and you find fan art of an overweight character drawn skinny. Now let’s ask ourselves some questions.
Is it Ok to Criticize and Artist?
Yes, yes it is. Good Artists want to learn and one of the ways to do so is through fan response. Personally, I want criticism so I know when I do something wrong and I know to fix it in the future. For example here’s actually a piece from Zamii that shows her growth.
Here’s the thing that all SJWs should know before criticizing. Not everything an artist does or implies is on purpose. A lot of times artists or writers don’t know everything that they imply with their text (this is also why Josh Whedon didn’t deserve the crap her got earlier this year). So here’s the first lesson to learn.
Always explain to the artist what they did wrong
To use as an example here’s a response to one of my posts and my response to that response.
Ignoring my poor grammar at the time, it does illustrate what I mean. My post offended leafoflegends for some reason, but since they didn’t elaborate why, I was ignorant to what I did. Now here’s a contrast where the responder criticized me correctly.
As you see, the responder told me what I did wrong so I knew what to apologize for. Notice the lack of drama, the lack of vile. This has actually been illustrated in Steven Universe lately with how the gems have been treating. Notice how Peridot didn’t learn her lesson until Steven explained to her what she did wrong. Garnet putting Peridot on a leash didn’t teach her to respect fusions, as evident by Peridot’s confusion as to why she was being punished. All putting Peridot on a leash accomplished was making Garnet feel better, and if you’re criticizing or punishing someone just to make yourself feel better, then you’re doing it for the wrong reasons. So let’s go to lesson #2 then
Be Nice
Always be nice when criticizing. Yes, sometimes it feels good to be an asshole, but being an asshole is wrong and most of the time, ineffective. This is because people usually react to hostility with hostility. The other common response is that they don’t take your comments seriously, because you acted immature so they ignore you (that’s how I usually react to harsh criticism). The final response is that you deeply hurt someone’s feelings and might lead them to commit suicide (especially if you told them to do it). Being nice is the best and most effective means of criticism. Back at the Barn might have ended much easier if Pearl calmly explained to Peridot that Pearl’s aren’t servants on Earth instead of yelling at Peridot and calling her a turd.
What if the artist didn’t take my criticism or reacted to me with Hostility?
Then move on. You tried to help the artist with your constructive criticism and they didn’t take it. Don’t harass them, it just makes you look like an asshole. You don’t want to look like the asshole and harassing a person is just a waste of time. If you do succeed and the artist makes a front of changing their ways just for you to go away, then congratulation, you didn’t really change somebody and accomplished little. Criticism is meant to help people, and if someone doesn’t accept your help, don’t force it one them. They probably don’t deserve your help anyway.
So hopefully my post does teach some people how to criticize artists. One more thing I should say is that those calling all SU fans awful because of what happened to Zamii is wrong too. Generalizing an entire group of people is very ignorant and insulting to innocent people. Most SU fans probably feel awful for what happened to Zamii. I know I do. It was just a few assholes that happened to be SU fans who were thinking they were doing the right thing, but just didn’t do it correctly. Hopefully they feel bad for what they did. Also when your insulting Zamii when you say that all SU fans are awful, since she is one. Let’s all be civil here and hope that Zamii gets better, and that the internet does too.
