I get it, they're how someone on a post put it. "Throwing shade at apple products" But if it was a joke, they wouldn't be purchasable, which they are, so ATA is making money off them. Even the 1000 ec one. So they profit from it, we don't. Not a great joke, if you ask me.
The real joke? ATA putting their customers opinions about them to be validated as proof, and those that bought them. It was a joke intended to showcase the clowns. Clearly, ATA read their own Strength/Intel thread with everyone outrageously complaining about their money greed behavior. To place these out with zero stats and a ridiculously price shows that ATA is smart in the sense to play it off as a joke (and gain profits in the process), to those players that take the game way too seriously.
If you gifted and have that 1000ec gift. Your popularity and stupidity increase.. well done ata its effective.
This is actually a really interesting business strategy. It's risky. Either they will lose a lot of clientele or they are using to this as a method to measure the IQ o their clients. Hahahaha.