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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Pandalungs on 2025-11-03 16:26:44+00:00.
It's not really his fault. I'm not hating on Bam. But we host a Christmas party every year and do a white elephant, typically $25 items, and like to get creative/fun/inappropriate at times since it's with friends. This year I decided to get a "Throat G.O.A.T." award and to add humor/value to it, have a Cameo of someone congratulating the "winner" of receiving this award. I've never ordered a Cameo before, but seemed simple enough. There were two directions to go - either someone that most/all people would know, which could get expensive, or go with some random for like $5. Both could work, but I decided I would go with a well known person if it felt right. I was scrolling celebrities and while there were some great options, most were like $300. But then I saw Bam Margera for $100 and I thought "you know what? Bam might be hilarious, since it's something inappropriate he might put a little effort into it. This could be hilarious! Who cares if it's supposed to be a $25 gift?"
I went into ChatGPT and asked it to write a prompt in the style of Bam for the winner of the award. It did a fine job and I tweaked a bit, and went to the Cameo request. Well, your request can only have up to like 250 characters, unless you want to pay more money. And even then, it's pretty limited. So I moved away from a script and asked him to congratulate the winner of the award, and said it was a part of a white elephant game. The prompt asked who the Cameo is for and I put "Winner of the 2025 Throat GOAT Award". I asked him to "hype them up!" with my last few characters.
The creator has a week to send you their video or you get a refund. After 5 days went by, I was kind of like "you know, it wouldn't be the worst thing if he doesn't do it and I get my money. Still, I hope he does it and it's awesome!" I checked this morning and my Cameo was in my inbox! I watch it and he says "What up Pandalungs, Bam Margera here at Castle Bam and I wanted to congratulate you for winning the 2025 THROAT GOAT Award! The white elephant official award, throat goat. Rock on."
It congratulates me. It's useless. But it technically fulfilled the prompt that I sent, just with some confusion. It looked like I could send a message to thank Bam, so I thought maybe I could clarify and ask him to redo it, but you have to pay to send the thanks. So I cut my losses and take the L. At least when someone is stuck with this stupid award I can give them the satisfaction of knowing I played myself and paid $100 for Bam Margera to congratulate ME for being the throat goat.
TL;DR Paid Bam Margera $100 for a Cameo on a gag gift congratulating them for winning an award of being the "Throat G.O.A.T." as part of a gag gift. He misunderstood the prompt and congratulated me. No refunds, only regrets.