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Aubrey Plaza's disaffected sarcasm works well on Parks and Recreation, but it's less effective in this World of Warcraft ad, where she plays essentially the same character. She says her boyfriend gave her WoW for her birthday, and that she broke up with him when she discovered she likes it more than she liked him. Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch blog is shocked by the mixed reaction on YouTube—the video has gotten almost 1,000 dislikes, versus 3,400 likes—and helpfully points out that the bleeped-out line about diamonds was a joke.
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