Still, as is often the case with lust, the feeling petered out naturally. Likes stopped pouring in for Buck. The eruption of passion may have fizzled completely if it wasn’t for the events of September 16, when Kiwibank started sending out floods of legal notices aimed at scrubbing any images of Buck that were connected to a sexual thought, feeling or sentiment from the internet.
It's 2026, how do some people still not understand the Streisand Effect?
DMCA this, buddies.
Come on why use 'money' when 'deposit' is right there.
Don't make me regret posting that.
They got a bunch of people to watch their ads by doing this. What makes you think they don't understand it?
Any other business, I might think so. But they're a bank, and right now they're a laughingstock. This is not something banks generally want.
Are they though? Are people actually thinking less of KB to the point of leaving because of this?
I didn't claim that. Financial companies as a rule tend to take their public image very seriously, though I have no idea whether it actually matters.
we are never beating the sheep shagger allegations
we are never beating the sheep shagger ~~allegations~~ habit
If they didn't want people to lust after their mascot, they shouldn't have given her "fuck me" eyes and a sultry smile. How could they not know?
Buck has a child's eyes but maybe those are "fuck me" eyes to a reddit user. I'd hate to think what's on their hard drives 🤮
Cmon Kiwibank, let people like the hot sheep!
I didn't realise we had so many Australians settling here.
Bugger.
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