Nobody ever reads the Terms of Service agreement. They should, because those agreements contain legal ramifications, but nobody ever does because life is too short. Companies obligated to obtain your consent to their TOS are well aware that virtually everyone simply scrolls to the bottom and hits “Yes,” and sometime have a little fun with the text. Some Terms of Service include jokes. Others offer cash awards to anyone who mails a key phrase to a specific address. And in the case of streaming service Peacock, there’s a recipe for chocolatecake.
To be fair, the TOS is very upfront about the recipe, declaring its intent in the very first line of the page:
Welcome to the Peacock Terms of Use! Here, you’ll find answers to your burning legal questions about our service (plus a hidden cake recipe!). We know you can’t wait to get started, so without further ado, take it away, legal peacocks!
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Sure enough, if you make it all the way down to Section 9 (Third-Party Authentication, Third Party Services), you will be gifted with the following “very delicious, Peacock-approved, just-like-Grandma-used-to-make chocolate cake recipe:”
- First: Gather your ingredients
1/3 cup of butter
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/3 cup flour
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
The Terms of Service legal team goes on to say they hope you enjoy your dessert and if you choose to share photos of it on social media, would you please tag them at @peacocktv. If you do make what we will be referring to as “Peacock Cake” from here on out, let us know how it turned out. Perhaps hiding recipes in Terms of Service will become the new hot trend. Do pie next, please.
