Yep, I Am A Moron.

So I got this email ad from HP. It's about their new laptop that lasts 24 hours. Pretty cool, no doubt, but I was a bit disturbed with the ad itself. It said in big cool letters, "Dude, your dad died 5 hours ago!" followed by "HP breaks the 24-hour battery barrier."

Or so I thought.

Now, a normal non-moronic person probably will do a double-take to make sure, but this is me we're talking about. My lightning-fast mind immediately connected the logical dots:

1. death of dad is traumatic
2. missing it by 5 hours is fucking messed up
3. summary - I should buy this HP 24-hour laptop NOW to avoid this tragedy

I was this close to writing HP about their insensitive ad campaign, especially with what I went through with my grandpa and what my sister's dealing with right now. Fortunately, I took one more look at that email, and I started laughing uncontrollably, peeing all over myself and all.

The ad really said "Dude, your Dell died 5 hours ago!". You know, because Dell had just announced a 19-hour laptop.

I hope you're laughing with me...