Willy Wonka Scam Got Worse...

[@Rasupubegasu]

AI bros when they realize that they can’t generate a whole attraction:

[@PhenomenalJec]

AI bros when they actually have to develop talent to make anything a reality

[@Piss_Off_Plz]

AI bros when they have to be creative and put time and effort into something.

[@GG_1318]

luddites

[@RandomBoi-nd5zf]

B-b-b-but the keywords I used took so much effort, not to mention refreshing the AI till I get the one I want 😿

[@booleah6357]

I like to think the guy behind this tried to prompt the jelly beans too when they were running out.

[@wilhelmorangenbaum]

I feel so bad for the actress with the green wig. She still try to do her best cheering up the kids despite being in a bad situation but ended up without paid and with a not so flattering photo of her's flying on the web.

[@Volyren]

I've seen her get labeled the walter white oompa loompa. But no one is making fun of her. We _feel_ her. You see that look on her face in that photo, and you know you've found your spirit animal.

[@wilhelmorangenbaum]

@@Volyren Oh don't get me wrong, I'm ok with the joke, it's just that it must not feel great that a photo of yours is flying around as the image of a scam, specially when it presents you like that. I think it may feel a little rough, hoping she is taking it well and maybe with some humour.

[@sparda9060]

Its very sad that she had the best intentions and felt guilty and burden by something that was not her fault at all. And she will be immortalized by the internet through Memes poking fun at the situation.

[@archamedies616]

i DID hear that she was bothered by being called a crackhead, but i only heard that from my friend genuinely hope she's okay @@wilhelmorangenbaum

[@Getta0422]

​@@wilhelmorangenbaumaccording to the interview, she found the humour in the memes but on the other hand is embarrassed by the whole thing and it's not what she wants to be known for/negatively affect her career

[@bfbuilders]

*spends $40 on a ticket* "you get nothing! you lose! good day sir!"

[@shabath]

Very Wonka experience.

[@MistyKathrine]

@@shabathLife imitates art.

[@chester6514]

And the didn’t even get to steal the fizzy lifting drink 😢

[@KnakuanaRka]

Amen. xD

[@opti1238]

Wdym, you get all this drama and potential mass lawsuit, isn't that fun?

[@Nihonguy]

I personally salute the woman in the thumbnail, apparently despite EVERYTHING that happened she tried her utter best to make the kids happy, enduring insults and the like all the while. Like the mental fortitude it takes to do that is staggering

[@meodrac]

my heart is breaking for her

[@princessCashel]

I hope she gets cast in something really successful, and everyone forgets about all this. Same for the other actors too.

[@BGTech1]

Same, I can’t imagine what she’s going through

[@dojomojomofo]

Yes, thank you. He's mocking the families that were scammed, but it would be nice if some of the people who tried to make it work when it was obvious it wouldn't could get paid - without it being yet another scam.

[@CorporateG0th]

That's the most Polish looking woman I've ever seen.

[@sheltiesongs7378]

“No refund” They knew exactly what was going to happen.

[@shabath]

Too bad for them, just because you write something doesn't mean it's legally binding.

[@thomaslardinois6383]

Did you notice they put their refund policy up there TWICE to make it DOUBLY legally binding? XD

[@AndragonLea]

@@thomaslardinois6383 They double no refunded you, you are now simply incapable of demanding your money back.

[@Nucleite]

"You promised those children Krabby the Klown, but all I saw out there was... Cheapy the Cheapskate."

[@angel_of_rust]

man, what would the world be without Stephen Hillenburg

[@kyliethelittlecouragegirl94]

@@angel_of_rustThey turned that Sponge into a cash cow that I hope will end that’s what 😒 now he’s rolling in his grave

[@Leviathan56]

​@@kyliethelittlecouragegirl94the first 3 seasons and the first movie are probably some of the best children's television ever, the humor of the show is fun to watch as a kid and an adult

[@angel_of_rust]

i just realized that Hillenburg used to exist, the recurring pattern of dying artists' work being massacred post-mortem is a disappointingly common practice rather what I mean is if he never existed and never made a show that outdoes Simpsons' job with probably the most stacked 3 seasons of any show@@kyliethelittlecouragegirl94

[@Code7Unltd]

Spongebob callback are obvious, but Smileyville seems more appropriate for this. Anyway, the folks who made "Wonka's coke den" seem to have a connection to illicit vandalism (that produced a piece known as 'Love is in the Air') and the tourist attraction/art exhibition "Dismaland".

[@stop4690]

Another thing happened in December 2008, where 2 jerks made a Christmas wonderland, which was poor quality, pissed off many people, and got the organizers sentenced to 13 months in prison. They ripped off 50,000 people, and earned about 1.2 million pounds, which is about 1.5 million dollars USD.

[@skittl_e]

lol yeah that fucking sucks lmao

[@boreal3255]

​@OfficerVuuduuoh too bad

[@bartzacky9639]

Context behind this story?

[@NetBattler]

​@@skittl_enice pfp

[@diamondinvr]

​@OfficerVuuduucringe

[@dmk_yt]

My favorite thing about this whole scam is the Unknown; they created this demonic entity as an antagonist for "Willy's Chocolate Experience", and then proceeded to tell children that it lives in the walls. I can't fathom a concept more disturbing to a child than a chocolate-making demon hiding in the walls, I would not be able to sleep for weeks.

[@averyeml]

Not to mention there is every possibility The Unknown is an entity created purely out of thin air by the AI that made the script. Not just that it decided a fun candy event needed a bad guy, but that it came up with “faceless unknown monster that lives in the walls”

[@MrStickman1997]

If it was a horror attraction, at least everyone, including some kids, would have known what to expect, but this was supposed to be a fantasy chocolate factory...

[@Max_Ivanov_Pro]

This whole situation is like a real-life version of an Ed, Edd, and Eddy scam. Poor actors just trying to make some jawbreaker money!

[@peterkeigwin847]

That's fu**ed 😅

[@diyathkumara2443]

500 likes in just 10 minutes totally legit

[@NightmareRex6]

if looked at the city or the house of the future the edd edd and eddy scams are atualy a good deal for 25 cents!

[@Aluminumscrews]

SCAM. GET TF OUT OF HERE

[@goober239]

Get outta here crypto bot.

[@juanpablorobayo9891]

Props to the actors. The fact that they saw that they had all been scammed, realized they weren't gonna get paid, and decided to buck up and fight against the BS to try and salvage some form of happiness for the little kids is BEYOND BEYOND BEYOND what they needed to do. No one would've blamed them for leaving, or even just letting the parents know it wasnt going to happen. But they put themselves through the gauntlet with what they had on hand for these kids, and they deserve recognition for that.

[@KnexJunkie]

Yeah its realy F up that they stil try to fix this half scam bad event. these actors should get some better gigs atleast for the effort. it always is bad when you try fix someone's mess. I think most people got into a situation like that in there life even me with ather things and it grinds you're inner gears mentaly. I hope they find better work to do in the future and maybe they can turn this negative into something good. Atleast they cared to try make something off it.

[@TheChildofAuraReborn]

That poor lady playing the Oompa Loompa and having her photo spread around was apparently actually a really sweet lady who was trying to do her best in a shitty situation she probably got conned into like the customers did. I feel so bad for her photo being spread online everywhere.

[@wilhelmorangenbaum]

Me too, I hope doesn't affect her negatively in the long run.

[@mrThorleifsen]

I think she just addressed that it really didn't bothered her, and she gets lot of support from her good attitude.

[@nootnewt3]

She said she was close to leaving but didn’t want to disappoint the kids so she tried her best to make them happy.

[@wilhelmorangenbaum]

@@nootnewt3 That's so nice. Blessings to her.

[@CrispyTurtl3]

Yo why is the oompa loompa in a methlab 💀 ☠️

[@jgtrx]

Just a reminder some people look at those ads and trust them but see a photo of the Earth and think “no thats fake, the Earth is flat!”

[@klonoafan2012]

Same people who think a cartoon having gay characters is satanic propaganda

[@RikkiSan1]

Another reminder that these people vote

[@fredrickbambino]

Depressing

[@nicwelch]

@OfficerVuuduuSeriously? Wow.

[@Relkond]

Of course the earth is flat - it’s like a big, infinity sided die, rolling across the infinite floor of space as eternity holds its breath, waiting to see what is rolled. Nothing but flat sides.

[@DOOMStudios]

A Movie studio can literally make a movie about this lmao.

[@armadilloo6324]

More like South Park making an episode about it lol

[@npcimknot958]

Sadly hollywood can’t write and is the main reason it sucks these days lol.

[@trippyvick059]

​@OfficerVuuduu begone bot im better then you

[@Joseph-oo7pp]

Most studios probably wouldn’t want to, because it would paint their new best friend AI in a bad light lol

[@shadeitplease7383]

@@armadilloo6324I could for sure see this as a South Park episode lmao

[@tyronecriss23]

I’m a actor and have done things similar to this. A lot of the time you don’t get a lot of information before hand about a gig or project you are going on on. They just give you a outline of the company and location, when to show and you just show up and do your best. They all probably had no idea it would be this bad and getting paid from these things is always a pain in the ass. Takes like 3 months sometimes.

[@damiresq]

main reason I abandoned my dream to become an actor :)) In my country at least, u are scammed, used, abused every single time.

[@aroudingo]

The actors doing it despite knowing they were not gonna get paid, just so the kids may get some joy… Is so fucking wholesome, those actors are amazing for that

[@etry42]

WHY AM I SEEING MORE FURRIES EVERY DAY? WTF.

[@emmagrace08x]

i can’t belive glasgow has gone viral FOR THIS.

[@mr.personalspace7831]

Hey, better this than the razor gangs.

[@theritchie2173]

@@mr.personalspace7831Nice 100 year old reference there.

[@randymarsh27]

@@theritchie2173 That guy knows nothing It’s Lock backs and swords these days…

[@neoasura]

@@theritchie2173 Better than the migrant takeover. Is that a better more recent reference?

[@taherbertolinirodrigues9104]

Seems to fit any place in england tbh

[@RangerHouston]

Those actors are the real MVP’s. Didn’t get paid, but they did their best to make it enjoyable for those kids

[@Dynamictruthseeker]

Dont know if that was their intention.

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

Bro they're complicit. Who tf stays on with such a scam? Any decent person would feel dirty helping set this up, practicing beforehand, knowing how it's being advertised and how they're going to help disappoint people. This is like doing a bank heist and being surprised when the other criminals steal your cut. You wanted to be part of a scam, but got scammed yourself

[@MakotoHD]

@@LetsTalkAboutPreppingthey were handed their scripts on the event morning, and many of them did walk off the event

[@rabbit0664]

​@@MakotoHD That right there is already fishy. I've worked at many different haunted houses and if we were given scripts it was beforehand. We were also generally given a tour and told about which house we'd be in. Im short things were generally not done last minute.

[@HollowBagel]

@@LetsTalkAboutPrepping You CANNOT be serious. You think the poorly paid, last minute hired actors are COMPLICIT in the scam?

[@MoonMinHo]

This situation is exactly like that Robot Chicken skit where the oompas loompas were basically got enslaved by Wonka, but ten times worse and real

[@DrunkenHotei]

To be fair, the Oopma-Loompas being slaves is kind of canonical with Dahl's book.

[@angel_of_rust]

the Krabby Land comparison is way too accurate tho hillenburg really knew the world before it knew itself

[@robokill387]

Yeah, the original oompah loompahs as written by Roald Dahl are literally African natives being paid in cocoa beans instead of money.

[@Tuck-Shop]

​@OfficerVuuduuyou mean Long QT Syndrome.

[@Sabitsuki-Rust]

@OfficerVuuduu Look, you’re basically spamming this damn comment all over again. So quit being a dork.

[@zuglymonster]

People keep saying "it's obvious it was AI" but I don't think these parents thought the ads were real pictures of the event, I think they figured they were using AI to illustrate what it's SUPPOSED to look like. Unfortunately I think they were too trusting and thought someone was using AI to *help* them with advertising. That's honestly what I would have thought had I seen the pictures without the weird errors in spelling.

[@jennawebb4225]

Or maybe the parents knew it was AI but they didn't want to tell the kids that it's fake. And take them anyway but it's a fake setup. Or at least the parents did not expect it was going to be this bad. Or something?

[@ghostmkc4045]

i doubt they knew it was ai but i also doubt they thought it would be in a crack house.

[@envy4555]

​@@ghostmkc4045they probably thought it was an animated cover for the event

[@thehermit8618]

"And his name is The Unknown and he's like, an evil chocolate maker who wears a mask and dresses in all black and lives on the walls"

[@TheMaestroMizerous]

*Kids crying*

[@mas8705]

Child: Why is The Unknown carrying a knife- “Best not to ask questions you don’t want the answer to.”

[@sunshinesmith3388]

In the script I think he was supposed to fight with wonka and spread graffiti around lol

[@Weareonenation303]

The fact kids got ONE jellybean and a quarter cup of cheap lemonade and no chocolate is astonishing. Not even Mr Krabs is this cheap

[@bullseyebulldog8001]

Wellllll I do remember a krabby fun land amusement park or something like that

[@NetBattler]

At least the place prepares tables unlike Mr Krabs who couldn't even afford to buy at least ONE chair!

[@Pastafari4]

Just glad the lass doing it gave some kids 3 if nothing else

[@cryptonize2105]

That’s why it’s hilarious 🤣

[@SuperKinahead]

Idk man, do you remember pearls birthday with her cardboard cake.

[@AglassOfWater_55555]

That oompa loompa regretting every life decision in that picture 😭💀

[@cro-magnoncarol4017]

If Squidward was a human being it would be her...

[@AglassOfWater_55555]

@@cro-magnoncarol4017 FR 🤣🤣🤣

[@theMyRadiowasTaken]

​@@cro-magnoncarol4017at least she tried to make the kids a little happy

[@cantinadudes]

​@@theMyRadiowasTakentrue she has a good heart i feel really bad for her xd

[@theMyRadiowasTaken]

@@cantinadudes agreed :-(

[@hopefullynotbutprobably6643]

Somebody needs to make a cheap horror game about The Unknown living in the walls of Wonka’s chocolate factory being evil.

[@MrRAGE-md5rj]

And/or a horror novel.

[@tjenadonn6158]

Five Nights at Willy's.

[@juliankohler5086]

​@@tjenadonn6158OMG you killed me! 🤣

[@HicSvntDracones]

They can, it isn't copyright, that script and the Unknown was fully AI created

[@Peannlui]

SCP-CRªP

[@Mike_Wazowski_z]

Honestly this is a great example why AI alone won't replace artists.

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

I really do feel bad for that one Oompa Loompa girl because if you look at the other photos and videos, she actually tried super hard to make it enjoyable for the kids.

[@wrexvincent]

From what Ive heard the Oompa lady was actually very kind and tried very hard to make the kids happy despite them not having any chocolate and only allowed to give out single jellybeans (which they ran out of) I think I remember maybe last year or the year before something very similar happening (maybe also in Glasgow?) Of a 'Santas Village' that is eerily similar to this event.

[@Woozy.0]

100% on her side, she is a Saint

[@elhazthorn918]

Yeah, she was really wonderful and doing her best to cheer up the kids.

[@OctyabrAprelya]

I'm surprised she didn't buy chocolate from her own money to give to the kids. I'm sure she would have done it if the thought crossed her mind.

[@tybronx2446]

Did the same guy do both events lmao

[@wilhelmorangenbaum]

I hope she's doing fine.

[@justinkarvelot3381]

Free extra hour in the ballpit.

[@daviddsantos33]

Not anymore. Someone pissed in it.

[@Sypitz]

@@daviddsantos33nah. The ai generated ball pit has become non-Euclidean and is clipping thru the floor

[@tjenadonn6158]

​@@daviddsantos33 I bet The Unknown did it.

[@hidinginyourcloset]

So I'm not the only one who thought it looked like DashCon

[@TheGamerNamedTony]

Hey cool others thought about this too lol

[@daviddsantos33]

'Willy's chocolate experience' sounds like something you'd convince a tipsy girlfriend to try, and then end up getting pegged for when she's sober and angry.

[@SurmenianSoldier]

😋

[@BetweenTheLyons]

Don't forget the promised "Sweet Teats"

[@theMyRadiowasTaken]

​@@SurmenianSoldierhomestuck spotted

[@hidinginyourcloset]

this seems specific

[@samf.s.7731]

Hey that doesn't sound bad. I'm pretty sure many people would agree

[@aaronfredericks9856]

For comparison, $40.95-67.95 gets you into Medieval Times, $59.99+ gets you the full park at Knotts Berry Farm, $35 gets you the Legoland Discovery Center. Something along those lines should be the ROI for the $40 price range. Every shotcaller for this event should know better. Also, Willy Wonka is not public domain. The IP holders should grab any proceeds not refunded.

[@Lego_hq_21]

I believe Warner bros owns the copyright

[@zuglymonster]

He's Willy "McDuff"

[@GordonSlamsay]

And the Oompa Loompas are Wonkiedoodles!

[@iz2333]

There's also a real chocolate museum in Cologne entrance is 15€ or $16

[@-23659]

​@@iz2333there's also one alot closer in York in England and the entrance is much cheaper

[@Masterge77]

I've seen people compare this to Dashcon, Fyre Festival, the "Krabby Land" episode of Spongebob, and Ed Edd 'n Eddy. And the more I hear about it, the more insane it gets.

[@pchtommy1268]

Don't forget the Mystery Shack from Gravity Falls

[@BelleDraws-i5d]

​​@@pchtommy1268 don't disrespect gruncle stan like that. He puts a bit more effort into the mystery shack and entertaining people

[@pchtommy1268]

Well so does ed edd 'n eddy, heck most of the stuff they made are out of cartboard instead of A.I like what those assholes as the willy wonka experience did.

[@NovaProspekt19]

This is even worse than rainfurrest and that says something

[@Mister-Sinner0]

On the plus side the actors are getting WAY more eyes on them than they would have.

[@dxitydevil]

Yea, hopefully them doing the best they could at that shitty event gets them more jobs !

[@Wallychans]

Lol... Actors come a dime a dozen. They aren’t finding work from this.

[@Wallychans]

@@dxitydevilActing isn’t judged based on effort. Like an athlete, your status is purely based on results. They aren’t getting hired for simply being well meaning and hard working people.

[@dxitydevil]

@@Wallychans damn ,,, its a cruel cruel world

[@Wallychans]

@@dxitydevil It is, but there’s also a lesson here. You don’t just take every job offered. And just cuz a job is directing the work towards children, doesn’t make it inherently innocent. This actor should have never complied with this scam. People need to discern who they surround themselves with much better.

[@TheStickCollector]

It is getting worse and worse by the day

[@AglassOfWater_55555]

Real

[@codybishop7526]

AI and NFTS/Crypto have destroyed what the dream of the open internet once was.

[@NetBattler]

Oh well it is 2024 what do you expect from it? A good year?

[@mattjohnson8585]

At least I'm not the only one that sees it :/

[@nicwelch]

@@codybishop7526Bitcoin IS the future, not fiat currency. Please don’t disparage something you do t truly understand.

[@roro-mm7cc]

I wonder if the whole event was organised by an automated GPT agent - i.e it sent out emails, posted listings, hired people to bring the stuff in, designed the website etc. It might be just one of multiple similar scams someone has let multiple autoGPTs loose into the world to mine cash.

[@neoasura]

Damn, AutoGPTs can do that? Im going to have to look into them for some extra bank to take advantage of idiots with money.

[@ZeyLogger]

autoGPT? there is no way, but maybe you can tell chat GPT to organize a scam for you, but you have to do it yourself, and there is a guy behind this

[@ThatGamingAsshole]

"The computer that controlled the House of Illuminati, GPT, sent two Oompa Loompas back in time..."

[@Peannlui]

My guy, it must have drawn the art for the posters as well.

[@matthewmenich4302]

Had an Amazon delivery drone drop off the art and Boston dynamic dogs set it all up

[@korstmahler]

The worst part is that they've used out of date or corrupted AI, since any GPT3/4+ AI knows the basic rules of punctuation and won't follow up an exclamation mark with a comma unless it's hallucinating.

[@toottootsonicwarrior5777]

The fact that its literally a dining hall with a cheap bouncy castle cramed in the corner feels like something outta the Simpsons.

[@MyFavouriteStation]

I love how confident he was, that he TRADEMARKED EVERYTHING.

[@cosmicspacething3474]

Can you actually do that with an already licensed property?

[@Piss_Off_Plz]

@@cosmicspacething3474 Fun Fact: AI "art" can't be copyrighted.

[@tjenadonn6158]

​@@cosmicspacething3474If you look at the material it never technically mentions Willy Wonka or any associated properties: in the script he's Willie MacDuff and his orange slaves are Winkiedoodles. This is Willy Wonka's non-unionized Glaswegian equivalent.

[@charliefen]

@@cosmicspacething3474 I was going to say, it is still in copyright in the UK until like 2060

[@charliefen]

@@tjenadonn6158 ah that makes sense, they would have had to be very careful, definitely still in copyright!

[@haramsaddam238]

Imagine being humiliated and painted as a child scammer for taking a Craigslist acting gig and then not even getting paid for the ordeal

[@Dynamictruthseeker]

Good name. Well played.

[@hope-cat4894]

Thankfully, most people know the actors were scammed too and know they tried to salvage the experience for the kids. Every video I've seen covering this has been very kind to the actors who were trying their best.

[@Getta0422]

It was listed on Indeed

[@ard-net2999]

Someone needs to tell the "Meth Lab Ooompa Loompa" that we actually love her! She's the best part! The look of total defeat on her face is the total meme. "i was hired to be a discount oompa loompa and it looks like i'm cooking meth" HEH she rocks!

[@tjenadonn6158]

She just embodies the entire zeitgeist of trying to survive in capitalism today.

[@sacha9957]

She's def a trooper

[@elhazthorn918]

She's the best part of the whole ordeal, I reckon. Unironically. Like, doing her best to cheer up the kids, plus looking awesome in that photo. 😊

[@Akakunchannel]

Let her cook.

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

Felicia (The Unknown's actress) was pretty good in her role with the creepy way she came from behind the mirror. She would fit right in at a Haunted House on Halloween.

[@Suby.Creative]

As a Glaswegian, this is absolutely hilarious yet surreal the news got this big that even Mutahar and Charlie are talking about it

[@thomasalvarenga2839]

This is the issue with AI associated stuff. It’s not about the work it is about the profit. Most people are just grifting. Technology can help artists but so many people are just using it to cheat the work effort and make as much money for as little effort as possible.

[@Panzermeiller]

Exactly, imo it's the perfect representation of everything wrong with the modern society. It favor cheap mass produced crap over actual art

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Cheesing their greed and its a paradise for scammers. Online scamming people has never been easier

[@sirpsychosussy]

I'm a bit surprised that Glasgow has made international news for this of all things

[@blu8993]

People make Glasgow 😂

[@danner253]

AI was involved which is a buzzword right now

[@angel_of_rust]

Scotland has been trying to catch up with the other Western countries on the disappointment olympics

[@Kelmire1]

​@@angel_of_rustSucks that we even have to catch up at all, considering we invented the industrial revolution, the tv and the radio.

[@cantinadudes]

​@@Kelmire1wait wasnt radio an italian invention?

[@ipot399]

These scam events happen in the UK all the time, especially around Christmas time in the form of Santa's villages.

[@ashemocha]

^ especially those german festivals during christmas that charge extreme amounts of watered down booze and americans go just for the festival. why not just go to germany instead?

[@AckReikTheGreatest07]

Can't believe Dashcon for toddlers happened

[@kurosu-samaklipleri7090]

Easy dosh

[@alvianekka80]

I still remember that pic of tiny balls pit.

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

That fucking ballpit would actually fit here

[@olslimy6428]

I love how Muta had to preface a scam with "no, there's no crypto involve this time around" lmao. It's just a damn shame...

[@DraptorRonin]

I think those people who attended deserve a REAL Willy Wonka experience, one that has real thought and care put into it. I’d go as far as hiring the same actors, give them the gig they thought they were signing up for, hire some actual human artists to help design promotional art AND set work. Even if it would end up costing an arm and a leg to get off the ground, I think it would be worth it as something to really emphasize Human Imagination, Human Creativity, and over all, the Spirit of what a magical candy factory SHOULD be.

[@LeafyGreenDA]

I dig this.

[@chadschmaltz9790]

This seems like something Ed, Edd, and Eddy would try to pull off to earn jawbreaker money.

[@akl2k7]

I think the Eds put forth more effort than this. Case in point: the time they made an Egyptian tomb out of cardboard.

[@raelogan]

​@@akl2k7 So true. The amount of effort they could out into something that also looks low budget would have been more convincing than this. It only would have fallen apart if Ed got too much into his role as one of the discount Oompa Loompas, if Eddy tried using one of Double D's inventions incorrectly despite warnings, or Jimmy just tripped over a rock and knocked the whole backdrop down and revealing they're either in the sewer or at the dump and that's why everything reeks so much and why they were given clothespins for thier noses. Double D is in a hazmat suit the entire time. The "candy" is just reporposed garbage painted to look colorful.

[@MillennialSmark2]

​@@akl2k7 Or a whole city.

[@homerodysseus4203]

Looks like your comment was stolen by the top commenter crypto bot. I'll give my like to you, good sir

[@QuantumFalcon548]

​@homerodysseus4203 I noticed that as well. I gave this person a like too.

[@fulcrum6760]

I’m betting there’s an even deeper rabbit hole to this…

[@tashajoykin5192]

Moving people?

[@NetBattler]

"Jesse we have to cook"

[@NetBattler]

​@OfficerVuuduuどうもありがとうございます！私の野望はタリバンのようになることです、彼は私のヒーローです！

[@Australiaguy-k9y]

​@OfficerVuuduuDon't car....................

[@Shilobotomized]

@OfficerVuuduu Don't breathe...

[@fusionsub]

​@@Australiaguy-k9y Same, I also don't car

[@NetBattler]

@OfficerVuuduu なぜ顔が長いのか？

[@raphses6871]

Worse than the Fire Festival? My guy, people couldn’t even LEAVE the Fire Festival!

[@clutchdmr1]

my 2 cents is that its an ai running under the parameters "make me as much money using these tools as possible without committing any crimes".

[@davidboge6966]

Knew you were gonna talk about the Wonka Meth Lab situation.

[@larryl4881]

I love the apology it’s so AI written lol

[@Xeonerable]

Everything else was done by AI so way as well go all in

[@larryl4881]

@@Xeonerable right 😂

[@seanpoulton2446]

I mean the dude wrote his books in AI too so it’s not surprising. ALLEGEDLY

[@sheepSheepStag]

The writing is on the wall for this one. When the organizers couldn't even be bothered to spell check their sloppy AI posters, it should be a hard red flag

[@Greylien0]

That and the lack of actual photos is a big tell. I feel bad people got scammed, but people should really be looking at these things.

[@Uinya]

As a Glaswegian, this is deffos going to be the one thing everyone in the area remembers for years

[@andreschaves523]

I can't believe both Charlie and Muta both missed the "sweet teats" in the poster

[@Ixaglet]

This experience would unironically be good at a techno/psytrance festival where literally everyone is on drugs. I can't believe they thought it would hold up in the light of day. Fair play to the actors for trying their best though.

[@imALazyPanda]

It wouldn't even be good there. The art installations they get at festivals are usually really nice and high quality. Festival goers aren't morons, I would say they are more likely to nitpick an art installation than the average person since they see them more often. Their hobby is literally experiencing art. Not that this scam needs nitpicking it is just objectively bad in every way.

[@v4n1ty92]

This 'experience' would unironically be the most boring waste of drugs ever 💀

[@NovaProspekt19]

This limpfest would give me a bad trip

[@sierrakobold6896]

That singular vinyl gummy bear just placed haphazardly made me majorly depressed

[@cartmann94]

But Muta, what is THAT? *IT’S THE UNKNOWN!*

[@Steyr6500]

The only thing thats unknown is the date the actor that plays the Unknown gets paid

[@sagitta98]

The Unknown is probably the most random thing ever came out from the Willy Wonka universe. Its character descriptions are more fitting to describe a child predator than an mysterious chocolate maker who lives inside the walls.

[@netanelaker4437]

​@OfficerVuuduuremove yourself from the server permanently

[@Getta0422]

​@@sagitta98bc the script was ai slop as well

[@tashkie]

i cant believe this is what gets people outside of scotland knowing what glasgow is. its a pretty accurate representation of glasgow

[@grizzlydino]

I’m just surprised this has been so big on the internet, usually when stuff like this happens, It only becomes a huge story of It takes place in big countries like the US. I would normally imagine that this would be a small local horror story than not much people outside of Scotland would know about

[@AFishInPajamas]

Was I too quick to judge that Glasgow was a W after hearing about that story where glaswegians beat up two failed terrorists at an airport?

[@mrgaudy1954]

@@AFishInPajamasGlasgow is “chaotic neutral” in a nutshell.

[@hyperrustynail]

At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if that singleJellybean given to the kids was laced with something.

[@cookingwithsilence]

Not a lot of people get into musical theater to make a bag or even be successful. They're obsessed with the art form so much that they are willing to go through gigs like this, so it's sad, because doing something like this hurts them, they didn't get paid, and they had to witness the disappointment, which would be so rough. I'd be pissed.

[@erikthefan7730]

Not to mention being a meme and the thumbnail of this fiasco, every video and photo on any social media of this shit as the Oompa Loompa. She will never get this out of her memories

[@nicwelch]

Why did these people agree to a job not knowing if they’d even get paid? That’s not normal behavior.

[@cookingwithsilence]

@@nicwelch you have a rude awakening coming to you if you think anyone at that level ever gets paid up front or any guarantees. You're living in AI Wonka land.

[@cookingwithsilence]

@@nicwelch if actors agreed with you there wouldn't have been staff at 90% of the events you've attended. The industry standards protect the business owner from the worker not the other way around.

[@Avery-432]

I would typically agree, but this situation alone has put these actors in a much grander spotlight than 95% of their colleagues. Im sure they will get plenty of work after such a spectacle, keep in mind this is Scottish news making its way to the USA.

[@superpan218]

"How can you do a thing like this?! Build up little children's hopes and then smash all their dreams to pieces!" Wonka: "Don't look at me. I wasn't involved in this project."

[@samf.s.7731]

Welp he wasn't

[@冗]

Tell me if im taking what you're saying too literally, “All the actors were lovely people. We gathered together in the morning and said, ‘We’re probably not going to get paid for this but kids are still going to come up. Let’s make this as magic as possible for them’." They didnt know that it would look like that in the morning, too.

[@superpan218]

@@冗 It was a joke, by the way.

[@DJDonnelly]

I have seen school christmas nativity plays put in more effort than what they did.

[@pauls5745]

yeah it just looks like they put in 10% of what the production should've been

[@v4n1ty92]

​@@pauls574510% is being VERY generous lol

[@mikeoxlong1395]

I'm reminded of Joel from Vinesauce telling a story of how the Phantom (a comic book character) was supposed to show up during some promotion or such. When he arrived there, there was just a guy in white t-shirt that said Phantom on it.

[@notreallymyname3736]

My theory is that this entire event was produced by AI. No one would be dumb enough to try to pull a scam this bad, but a machine might.

[@PandoraFoxxBurlesque]

If you thought it was bad to begin with: "allegedly" the lead Willy Wonka actor, essentially the face of the screwed-over actors, used to be a drama teacher until he was found out to be "dating"(gr00mig) an underage student. So he'd be quite at home on the 11:52 island

[@itsasquid]

Where did you find this out? Edit: Holy shit, it literally just came out.

[@Greylien0]

I knew it. Events like these are made for these creeps. People really need to be more vocal about staying far away from shit like this. And it's way too easy for them to do these days in plain sight. Who knows what else was (allegedly) going on....

[@Kingsbread]

The crazy fact that one episode from SpongeBob "Krabby land" actually came true lmao 😂

[@thealmightyoreoking]

That’s not Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. That’s Willard Wiener’s Child Grooming Facility

[@regav62]

@OfficerVuuduu UTTP detected evacuate the aera immediately. Do the same if AUTTP is spotted.

[@thealmightyoreoking]

@chucksfeedandseedWasn’t Malaysia blown up by that one guy who became a police officer?

[@Tim5corpion]

William Afton's Child Murder Facility

[@Peannlui]

You're not wrong. The actor allegedly did that to a teen. I know, it gets worse.

[@timothyjohncastillo395]

"You said you would bring Willy Wonka. But all I saw out there was...Cheapy the Cheapskate!"

[@PoipoleEntertainment1987]

I can’t shake the feeling that this is a mix between that Ed, Edd, n Eddy scam and the Krabby Land scam from SpongeBob

[@foodiebofficial]

It's scary that people actually fell for this. First red flag should've been the fact that Nestle's name was nowhere on the website which is who owns the Wonka chocolate brand.

[@RapidPhantom293]

EXACTLY, that's what I'm saying.

[@Cutesticles]

Who the fuck organized this shit? They should be in jail by now

[@Demi-Fiend76]

It was organized by Billy coull

[@Cutesticles]

@OfficerVuuduu I won't

[@zenvultra]

Willy Wonka

[@Cutesticles]

@@zenvultra Walter White?

[@strangelf]

@@Cutesticlesya got me

[@Sabitsuki-Rust]

Literally the most depressing and how cheap Willy’s Chocolate Experience is, it’s basically Mr. Krabs’ KrabbyLand and DashCon combined. Edit: Forgot about CryptoLand and Fyre Festival too!

[@cosmicspacething3474]

Crypto land too

[@frankieb9444]

Don't forget Fyre Festival

[@seraphilight]

The funny thing is, it's SOOOO easy to decorate with cheap-ass things and make it look nice and fancy. These people didn't even try. You just get a bunch of cardboard or prexisting stuff and paint it. Have a ball pit and paint them like candy. Get a chocolate fountain set it up with dollar store pretzels, marshmallows, fruit on sale for the parents to have a chill moment. Soda fountain, actual fountain. Tea party area. Make the tunnel but dip/paint a roll of paper in black dye and a glaze then call it licorice and run that shit around things, just have the tunnel go to a "secret area". Hand out home-made lollipops. Melt down some chocolate into molds that are themed and hand them out. Have your actors do a song and dance and interact with the kids as the finale It's so fucking easy. The hard things are getting the website, getting the actors, and getting noticed. It's only an hour.

[@mightylink65]

Remember folks, even if they offer full refunds it's STILL a scam. It's very rare that every single person claims their refund and the owners still get to keep whatever's left. The same thing happened with The Day Before, only 51% of Steam users where refunded and the owners of that game who also didn't pay their employees removed all traces of themselves and disappeared.

[@patrickdix772]

To be fair, it's not Willy Wonka, since that's still under copyright. Apparently, it's Willy McDuffy (SP? and IIRC) in the script. The Oom[a Loompas are actually Wonkydoodles (again SP and IIRC). They very specifically didn'y say Wonka anywhere, just heavily implied it and let people assume it was Wonka. It's pretty much the same idea of mockbusters, like Transmorphers released around the same time as Transformers.

[@LordCaladus]

That glassware in the candy factory was probably worth more than the entire warehouse lol

[@hydropage2855]

This is BY FAR the most I’ve laughed in a good while dude

[@MegaChris456]

At 4:10 you deserve a massive W for correcting yourself and saying Glasgow correctly 😅 I'm from that city in Scotland and I see too many people pronouncing it wrong on KZbin.

[@ScarlettMaraxa]

My boyfriend is Scottish and also from Glasgow, and I say it wrong just to annoy him lol. He still loves me despite that somehow.

[@MegaChris456]

@@ScarlettMaraxa You know how to say it but still pronounce it wrong, that's evil haha😂

[@gaerekxenos]

So, the reason they hold the event after all that is for legality reasons. If they *do not hold the event at all* -- this is 100% a scam, which means they are [basically guaranteed to get]* a lawsuit and would be guaranteed to lose said lawsuit. HOWEVER, if they hold the event - this is no longer a 100% scam, which means it becomes more difficult to guarantee that the people filing the lawsuit against them will win. It also means that it is that much harder to get the full amount of money from the company that basically scammed everyone They basically have to choose "guaranteed loss when caught with need to try to hide/escape" vs "dip in profits but chance of getting away mostly intact, with [potential]* decreases in penalties if they don't manage to get away completely," and it's pretty easy to see what people would choose in that scenario. Obviously, people generally shouldn't be going around getting themselves into this sort of situation by scamming others in the first place. Quite frankly, I don't think any reasonable person actually wants to see this guy get away with any of this [and judging by other comments, not likely to get away with it either]*

[@ToadyEN]

Mudha is the only North American I’ve heard say Glasgow correctly 😆

[@napoleonfeanor]

How do they normally pronounce? American a and gow like in cow?

[@ToadyEN]

@@napoleonfeanor glaz go is how its pronounced. I’ve heard glass gaw to many times this week 😆

[@Timbo360]

@@ToadyENidk, tons of Scottish actors that are famous in the states so we’re used to how places are pronounced, not like British people who can’t pronounce anything that isn’t English 😅

[@NelsonStJames]

I’ve only ever heard it pronounced correctly, but then I don’t see the reason anybody would ever have the need to say Glasgow if they didn’t already know how to pronounce it. Now Leicester Square; that’s another thing entirely, because many North Americans are going to pronounce it incorrectly at least if they’re reading it.

[@DJDonnelly]

He's from Canada though

[@TheRealHenryGale]

@6:35 The prepping was enough! I almost died! 🤣

[@vivisimonvi]

2:55 - Nobody noticed this but the AI misspelled "Imagnation" in the actual poster

[@KeloTheWolfy]

Mutahars laugh at 8:49 though at the “one jelly bean” had me😂

[@informalnarwhals]

3;39 i love 'cartchy tuns' and how everyone says it so excitedly. its like the word 'bees' with added variety

[@hammerspaceworkshop4745]

"Billy Coull", huh? Are we sure that any actual people were involved in this event planning company? Maybe AI did it all on its own via emails and texts. The website, the script, the online ordering of the decor, the booking of the warehouse, the call for performers. That would be crazy!

[@Capnsensible80]

While you could set it up to be mostly automated, obviously at least 1-3 actual people need to be involved at a minimum due to logistics.

[@johnevens7183]

For how crazy this sounds and looks, it makes me believe that this whole thing was made up, by a guy on meth watching Willy, Wonka and the chocolate factory getting that Business high. One’s coming down off that high he realized that he had all this shit set up and now I have to go through with it.

[@archie1978]

That Billy guy also has lots of AI written books on amazon. Also the pricing for this event was wild, £18 per ticket (Adult or child) or £101 for a family ticket of up to 2 adults and up to 2 children, maths is hard I guess

[@Kant3n]

0:41 Yep, that photo just screams "Dashcon ball pit" to me.

[@Cinnimin]

i'd like to add on that it's not the Willy Wonka Chocolate experience but instead "Willy's Chocolate Experience" in order to avoid copyright. The main character is Willy McDuff, the oompaloompas are called "Wonkydoodles", and The Unknown does not appear once in the Willy Wonka franchise

[@Rafloka]

This reminds me of that one incredible "game dev" who later held business courses (the "games" name was Ruction: The Golden Tablet). AI does heavily empower worse cases though...

[@KiltedCritic]

*Sigh* the only time my home City makes some headlines, and it's for something like this!

[@fry7320]

Imagine if this shit was the result of someone telling an AI to plan a children's event and it just succeeds

[@maravreloaded]

Mr Krabs at least tried to do something by himself. And he didn't charge the kids for the crappy park. He just tried to sell burgers.

[@michaelmayne6097]

Thanks for never switching up muta you’re a real one

[@JointChiefofStaffP2E]

Willy wonka and the lack of chocalate factory😂😂😂

[@javi4101]

I can't wait for Internet Historian to make a video off of this!

[@DarkGodSeti]

3:37 Huh.. Alrighty... Definitely a teddy bear of the female variety... 😐 (Had to look on site, before you mentioned it hah)

[@CriticalMassIndex]

Anyone going expecting a “pasadise of sweet teats” was probably even more disappointed.

[@societycrumbles]

If anyone's curious, the actors behind Wonka and the Oompa Loompa spoke out on their respective tiktok accounts.