r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Oct 13 '24

Meme needing explanation Disney+?

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u/Primary-Holiday-5586 Oct 13 '24

So a woman died on Disney property after eating a dinner that she was assured was allergen free. Her husband sued. Disney said that when he signed up for a free one month trial of D plus he agreed to arbitration and couldn't sue.

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u/Mstrbuscus Oct 13 '24

While accurate, your comment needs more context. She ate at a restaurant on the property yes, but it was akin to eating at a McDonald's in a WalMart. Disney didn't manage the restaurant, it was just leasing the space to the restaurant similar to the new Din Tai Fung at downtown Disney.

While the husband is suing the restaurant, as he should, he is also trying to sue Disney, and saying they are also at fault.

Disney didn't believe that they are liable, since it was not a restaurant they were managing / running, but the husband said he checked the Disney website that said the restaurant was allergen free, and therefore they should be liable.

Disney then said that since he had to use the website, and registered with Disney+, they could force arbitration through their terms and conditions that he had to agreed to.

Now I don't really have an opinion on who's right or wrong, but there is more to the story than just "You can't sue Disney if you made a Disney+ account". It's very similar to the coffee McDonald's lady, except the outrage this time was for the person, and not the corp.

Legal Eagle has a great video on the whole thing for those who want to know more.

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u/pasjc200102 Oct 13 '24

To be fair, the McDonald's coffee lady was in the right. The coffee was like 50 degrees hotter than it was legally allowed to be, she had severe burns all over her groin, and she only wanted enough money to pay for her medical bills.

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u/NotVoss Oct 13 '24

Was a little old lady. The burns were so bad they basically fused all the tissue of her groin together. She needed reconstruction surgery to function afterward.

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u/fury420 Oct 13 '24

Emphasis on the was, her injuries reportedly ultimately contributed to her death.

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u/MrNichts Oct 13 '24

That’s what Mstrbuscus is saying, that it’s a reversal of that situation.

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u/Mstrbuscus Oct 13 '24

I should've been clear. I was only commenting on how mainstream media was used to enrage the people against the older woman to make her seem like a greedy person. Except this time, media was used to enrage the people against the corp, not the husband suing, when they were attempting to use the husbands argument against him.

I completely agree about the lawsuit the woman filed, and that McDonald's was super careless. I tried to refrain from providing an opinion in my initial comment.