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Did a woman really throw her cheating partner' s Apple gear in the bath

Matthew ChampionApr 23, 2015 Twitter user @foolishnessfly2 tweeted these pictures last week, supposedly showing thousands of pounds worth of Apple gear dumped in a bathtub. At time of writing, the tweet has been retweeted more than 18,000 times and widely covered, on the assumption that a woman had got revenge on her cheating boyfriend by destroying his iMac, iPad, iPhones and MacBooks. However, the tweet, written in Japanese (duh) is actually pretty ambiguous. Literally, it reads: The cheating was discovered, but isn't it harsh to dump all electronic items in the bath? The assumptions made about the picture say a lot about gender and technology. Of course this must be a classic woman scorned story, there's no other explanation, surely a woman can't own Apple products, or have cheated on her partner. In a separate tweet, @foolishnessfly2 said: This translates as: The ability of foreigners to spread news is amazing. More: [The story behind this viral picture of an American family]3 More: [This man's picture went around the world but for all the wrong reasons]4Keep reading...Show less

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