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Hornets apologize after pretending to give child PS5 and taking it away off camera - Yahoo Sports (sports.yahoo.com)

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The skit that "missed the mark" occurred in a break in play during the second quarter of Charlotte's game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The child was brought onto the court with Hugo, the Hornets' mascot, dressed as Santa Claus. After a letter to Santa requesting a PS5 was read out loud, a cheerleader came out with a bag containing the video game console.

The young fan was visibly overjoyed as he received the pricy gift. However, according to an online acquaintance, he was less happy when the cameras turned off and a Hornets staffer took it away, replacing it with a jersey.

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[–] VanillerGoriller@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder how it affected the kid. I don't know the grade school culture these days but when I was his age I think it would've earned sympathy points from the whole class and boosted his social ranking lol. As an aside I do not miss that aspect of school lol

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 26 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Man, I wish I had gone to your school.

I would have went back to school the next day and the kids would have presented me with two broken PS2s taped to a broken PS1 and giggled while singing, “I love your PS5, it makes me holler! Where’d you get it, Family Dollar?!”

Fat kid in the background with a Taz tattoo on one arm and a confederate flag on the other (at the ripe old age of 10) would have shouted, “LIKE HIS SHOES! AHAHAHAHAHA!”

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Then the kids would start stabbing each other over whether Ford or Chevy trucks are better.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Haha, you live around here?

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Might have to get more specific. For example, I recall a trailer park pinecone war that pitted kids from one half of the trailer park against those low-life bastards from the other half. I'm from the good half, obviously.