too cynical, or not cynical enough?

[rone]

The Iron Man 2 Dr Pepper limited edition cans feature Tony "Iron Man" Stark and Ivan "Whiplash" Vanko on the regular Dr Pepper cans, and Pepper Potts and the Black Widow on the Diet Dr Pepper cans.

[Poll #1577122]

Comments

[palecur.livejournal.com]

Voted 'coincidence' by application of Hanlon's Razor.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Objection! Assuming that stupidity precludes conspiracy.

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

+1

[palecur.livejournal.com]

Was going more with 'stupidity went on autopilot and used unexamined stereotypical assumptions' than 'stupidity deliberately chose to exercise such'.

[dagon.net (from livejournal.com)]

Too many people forget the last part of the Hanlon's Razer formalism. "Don't attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" is a good start, and you need to add "but you can't rule out malice completely" to make it fully general.