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Since the article text itself doesn't mention exactly why the name is so bad - Rego, the name of the product, is slang for ass crack in Portuguese. I can sort of understand why you wouldn't want to put that in the post itself, but it's also a little annoying to have to watch a video to find out why it went viral.

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I enjoyed watching the video since if I had read your comment, it would have spoiled the entire reason why this post is pretty hilarious..... Finding out the context of a "joke" before the joke being told is kind of a spoiler.

Anyway, watch the video if you can, it's worth the minute.

I do get that, but lots of people either don't want to watch a video or can't, for various reasons.

I hope this wasn't a problem for too many people, because (tongue in cheek here) I'm positive everyone reads the articles first before coming to read the comments.

You're a brave person to use "tongue in cheek" on this thread.

I didn't watch the video on the principle that I hate people baiting me into watching a video. Thanks for posting a synopsis. I read the comments in this thread just for that reason.

Thanks for your recommendation to watch the video, it was funny enough not to regret it.

That said, I don't think objclxt's comment spoils the fun of the video because even in the video he explains what Rego means before getting to the funny stuff.

Reading their copy in portuguese is hilarious! It's like a real-world version of the Cloud to Butt extension[1].

If you haven't seen the video (Rego == Buttcrack):

    Your Rego is private. Nobody can see what you put in your 
    Rego. But we know that sometimes you wanna share your Rego 
    with a friend, and we make that easy!

[1] https://github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt

Thank you. I agree, it's annoying to have to rely on sound, I'm in a public place without headphones with me. The article itself said almost nothing. Glad I saw your comment; without that I would've assumed it was just about what Google Translate told me it meant in Portuguese (trench, gutter).

I thought the same thing but the way it is explained in the video is hilarious.

Thanks. Didn't bother watching the video either and was slightly annoyed they never mentioned in the text. (Again, sensationalist title, and probably a cheesy video. But maybe I just woke up with a bad mood :))

This.

I'm surprised I can't see any reference to "rego" meaning anything like "butt crack" except in articles talking about this precise incident.

I feel like this comment ruins the joke.

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