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The Text-Your-Parents-Your-Drug-Deal Experiment

Posted by Soulskill on from the gets-interesting-when-they-say-you're-charging-too-much dept.

theodp writes "Having fooled major news outlets with a heartwarming-but-entirely-faked video of a pig rescuing a drowning goat, Nathan Fielder turned his attention to texting. CNET reports on the great Twitter 'text-your-parents-you're-a-drug-dealer' experiment, in which the Fielder called on his Twitter followers to text their moms and dads and (accidentally) reveal a drug deal. Fielder's tweet read: 'Experiment: text your parents "got 2 grams for $40" then right after "Sorry ignore that txt. Not for you." Then tweet pic of their response.' The reactions are various and, sometimes, hilarious."

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  1. All iPhone screenshots? by nd · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why are all the screenshots from iPhones?

    Android phones account for 51.2% of smartphone sales, with iPhones trailing at 43.5% [1].

    So how likely is it that out of a sample of 10 screenshots, all 10 of them would be from iPhones? Seems suspicious.

    [1] http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/global/News/Android-Sprint-and-Samsung-Increased-Share-In-Early-2013

    1. Re:All iPhone screenshots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Remember that there is an implicit observational bias here. Only a moron who can't think for himself would participate in this experiment.