• YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip
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    1 day ago

    I love everything about this. They got a bullying letter from the US Navy over something beyond their control, handled it like professionals, turned it into free publicity and a news story, and the reporters got a sheepish “no comment” from both the DoD and Bahrainian officials. chef’s kiss BRB, I think I need to order some butt plugs.

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      20 hours ago

      They didn’t get bullied. The letter just notified the company the parcel was returned because the US base complies with the host country’s import customs.

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        10 hours ago

        This. No bullying in sight.

        This is to notify you that the parcel was returned to the sender .Please notify the sender that pornographic materials or devices are not allowed into the Kingdom of Bahrein.

        All I can see is an information why the package was returned. The only thing that went “wrong” is that it was returned to the address of the original sender and not to the address of the person who forwarded the parcel to Bahrein.

        If that middle man didn’t put their address on the package, it’s no surprise that it was instead sent to the original sender.

        Tbh, there’s not really a story at all. The package contained stuff that’s illegal in the destination country and thus was returned. A letter was attached to explain that fact. That’s it.

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      BRB, I think I need to order some butt plugs.

      Surely and I mean SURELY this is Streisand effect in full force. I wonder how many they’re going to receive in the coming months.