We’ve all, at one point or another in our time on the internet, seen a post or comment so mean, shitty, or just bad that we can’t help but start clacking the keys and writing up a response. It turns out, even Nintendo of America’s president—Doug Bowser—can’t always resist the siren song of hopping into the comments when he sees something he strongly disagrees with.
As recently spotted and documented by PKLeor on the LinkedInLunatics subreddit, about a week ago Chad Rogers—a partner at public affairs agency Crestview Strategy—posted a small rant (and AI image) on LinkedIn about people using the seat in front of them to help them enter or exit a plane. He wanted to make it clear that people should never, ever, ever do that!
“As
you
make
your
way
to
your
seat,
rise
from
your
seat,
navigate
the
centre
aisle,
etc.
a
reminder
you
DO
NOT
HAVE
THE
right
to
touch
other
people’s
seat
backs,”
Rogers
posted.
“The seat [sic] on front of you is not there for you to stabilise or raise yourself (that is what an armrest is for). The seat you are in is yours, no other seat or seat back should be touched by you at any time. Thank you for respecting the miracle of flight.”
Normally, I’d not waste your time with the random rants that flood LinkedIn, but one of the people who responded to this weirdly aggressive take was none other than Nintendo of America’s president, Doug Bowser. And folks, he wasn’t having any of Rogers’ angry nonsense.
“Rather arrogant and entitled comment,” posted Bowser. “Some people may be challenged moving to thier [sic] seat (physical limitations, narrowness of seating areas, etc.). That said if a passenger should need to support themselves getting in/out of a seat they should be as gentle they physically can.”
Bowser then pulled out the classic poster tool of a nice little passive-aggressive “PS” at the end of his comment.
“PS. Where on your ticket purchase documentation are your ‘rights’ to the seat back or other ‘rules’ you speak of declared?”
At this point, if I was a wealthy executive, I’d probably realize the error of my ways and stop posting shit online. I’d go count all my money again or pay bills on time. Instead, Chad Rogers replied to Bowser’s comment.
“Entitled would be indicating you own everything not elucidated on a ticket on contract,” said Rogers. “Manners are clea, [sic] happy to help you out on them with the post. Seats are allocated by passenger, in fact printed on all boarding passes.”
Bowser responded for the last time in the thread with:
Manners are different from rights. I do see the arrogance is still prevalent however. Have yourself a good day.
That’s about as close to “Fuck you and fuck off” as an active executive at Nintendo will ever post online. In response, Chad deleted Bowser’s comments and other replies that he didn’t like. However, by checking Bowser’s profile on LinkedIn, you can still find evidence of the comment war.
Screenshot: LinkedIn / Kotaku
A
few
days
after
Bowser’s
reply,
another
user
responded
with
“Well
said
Doug
Bowser.”
It
got
nine
likes.
Rogers
replied
simply
“Who?”
which
got
zero
likes
and
is
basically
the
biggest
loser
move
you
can
pull
in
an
online
comment
battle,
especially
when
you
previously
replied
to
that
person
multiple
times
and
then
deleted
his
comments.
At the end of the day, it’s fun to see that rich dudes on LinkedIn act like I did when I was an active user of far too many internet forums back in the day. The more things change and all that.
This article originally appeared on Kotaku.
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