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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Illuminatus-Prime on 2025-06-25 02:04:24+00:00.

ts;dr: The capital of Nebraska is Lincoln.

This happened recently. I was installing a store-bought “burglar alarm” system (a security system bought on the cheap) for a friend of a friend, when they received a package from a Chinese-owned warehouse store. It was one of those HEPA ion-breeze air purifiers that flood the room with ozone. They unpacked it, plugged it in, switched it on, threw everything else away, and started to walk off.

“You’re not gonna check the instructions?”

“I know what to do and I ain’t stupid, so shut the f**k up!”

I silently finished what I was doing and went home, not caring that they had probably screwed themselves over by not at least saving the instructions.

A few days later, my friend showed up with the air purifier and gave it to me. His friend had told him to “get rid of it” because it was “broken”. I found the instructions online. One important detail was mentioned.

“/!\ Please be sure to remove all packing materials from the filter!”

The removable filter was still inside its plastic shipping bag. Once the filter was installed right, the thing worked.

I got a new air purifier for nothing, and I’m not telling the former owner, either.