Online shopper shocked to find that a "croissant lamp" she ordered is an actual croissant dipped in resin: '[There were] hundreds of ants underneath it'

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Sep 4, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

All too often in life, things aren't quite what we expect them to be and, these days, there are so many products promising so much and delivering so little that you almost expect there to be some creative deception (also known as "marketing") going on. With the rampant application of strategies by businesses like "shrinkflation" (which is really usually just "greedflation"), we're almost relieved by the discovery in this viral video: that a "croissant lamp" is actually a croissant lamp and not merely a "croissant shaped lamp."

Of course, this thrill from discovering that a product is being described and manufactured in its most literal sense probably isn't universal… Imagine other things being turned into lamps by being immortalized in dipped resin… Say, if you ordered a "cat lamp" or "horse lamp" online and received one created with the same manufacturing as this actual croissant lamp, you probably wouldn't be quite so ecstatic.

The product in this video by netamurphy has been going viral for defying expectations more expertly than Rian Johnson managed with “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and featuring a product that is exactly what you'd expect it to be—in the most literal sense. She describes in her video how she received a "croissant lamp" as a gift that had been ordered on the growingly popular online marketplace Temu, which offers direct-shipped discount products—although what you receive isn't always what you might have expected the product to be.
Like most of us, she expected the lamp to be a "lamp shaped like a croissant" and not "a croissant repurposed as a lamp." But she began to get suspicious of her new lamp when she found it attracting ants… noticing them creeping in through a hole in the lamp. After the ants had had their fill, she set up her camera and began filming as she dismantled the lamp with her hands, finding that the inside of the croissant was still very much a hollowed-out aged croissant that had had its exterior dipped in resin. Though now quite stale, the inside still was crumbly and flaky as you'd expect a baked good to be.
See screengrabs of the original video below, along with comments from viewers on that same original post. Also, find the original video at the bottom of this list.
"netamurphy" displays the croissant lamp she received as a gift from friends

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Ants were found climbing into this hole in the lamp, raising her suspicion as to it's method of creation

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Upon setting up her camera she found that it broke apart quite easily. The crumbs on the interior revealed it to be an actual croissant dipped in resin.

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Viewers responded in the comments

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Pls explain temu

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Online shopper shocked to find that a "croissant lamp" she ordered is an actual croissant dipped in resin: '[There were] hundreds of ants underneath it'

"netamurphy" displays the croissant lamp she received as a gift from friends

Ants were found climbing into this hole in the lamp, raising her suspicion as to it's method of creation

Upon setting up her camera she found that it broke apart quite easily. The crumbs on the interior revealed it to be an actual croissant dipped in resin.

Viewers responded in the comments

Pls explain temu

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