"Supervised" lol

I do love GM's "Supercruise" moniker. Accurate, and my introduction was during a CTS Blackwing commercial, so it was a great pairing.

Still disable it on rentals though.

"Up to" in terms of anything. Up to inherently also contains zero.

In regards to free, I've found that a general rule of thumb is that the larger, the bolder, the more differently colored, the more drop shadows added, the shinier, or the more 3D looking the word "free" is, the less free it will actually turn out to be.

The "zero calories" is a US thing, in the EU manufacturers are required to show nutrition per 100g. They can add percentages and serving sizes if they want, but per 100g or 100ml is required, so you can calculate your own serving sizes easily.

• "Zero calories" or 0 grams of blank] in the nutrition information. The regulations let them round down if it's less than 1 gram.

For example, take a look at the "Serving size" of some cooking spray. 1/3 of a second of spray means 0.25g... So everything is zeroed out in the Nutrition facts.

• "Zero calories" or 0 grams of [blank] in the nutrition information. The regulations let them round down if it's less than 1 gram standard unit of measurement for that item (edited from grams).

A particularly egregious example is TicTacs, which are labeled as having 0 calories despite being almost pure sugar. The practice is also very common with alternative sweeteners, which have fewer calories than regular sugar but far from 0.

I think "natural" was determined in court to hold jo required quality, or be free from artificial, man-made or modified elements. So wholly opposite the standard meaning of the word.

They always come for language first.

"Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth."

Genuine leather is not a lie.
It's leather that's so low quality, the only positive thing you can say about it is that it's actually leather.

Part of the problem with stainless steel is that it's not a singular material. It's an entire galaxy of alloys with a huge range of properties, and some are more corrosion resistant than others. It is certainly possible to concoct some alloy that is for all intents and purposes absolutely rustproof but it's unlikely to have the other mechanical properties you need for whatever it is you're doing.

If you're looking at any object (probably a knife, or maybe a sink or faucet fixture) that simply declares itself "stainless steel" but the manufacturer refuses to admit which alloy even if you press them in a vise, that does indeed usually mean you're looking at some junk. Low chromium and low nickel stainless alloys are the least corrosion resistant but all other things being equal are also typically the easiest to cut, machine, stamp, or otherwise work into shape.

"Organic" especially pisses me off when applied to honey. There's no such thing as organic honey. Bees have a range of three miles or more, and they will forage on whatever they like.

Organic foods is just an excuse to charge you more so long as they make you feel better to know that it is organic.

From Wikipedia:

Organic agricultural methods are internationally regulated and legally enforced by transnational organizations such as the European Union and also by individual nations, based in large part on the standards set by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM),[20] an international umbrella organization for organic farming organizations established in 1972, with regional branches such as IFOAM Organics Europe[21] and IFOAM Asia.[22]

Genuine leather.

Is this not as opposed to fake leather (plastic)? They could just say that it is leather or real leather, but that does not sound as fancy.

Huggies diapers fucking say “up to 100% leakproof” on the box.

I just want to see a picture of the face of the person that thought that was reasonable.

Up to is probably my favourite marketing term. Removes up to 100% of lime. Could be 0, idk.

Funnily enough, my fiber provider advertised my internet speeds as "up to 600Mbit/s" and I get about 630 in practice.

This extra insurance covers up to 100% of the costs!

It's impossible for an ISP to guarantee speeds though, because it's not just their connection that's being used.

Do they use this to weasel out of reasonable expectations of connection quality? Yes, absolutely. But they also can't do anything about the speed of the server you're downloading from.

We VALUE your privacy, by selling your info to our 2,569 partners.

I gave up sailing the high seas during the golden age of streaming. Unfortunately it has already come to an end with the majority of streaming services including ads for their highest tier.

I have wasted so much of my life on watching commercials, I refuse to waste anymore.

A "family size" bag of Doritos is not sized for a family. Or I on my own count as a family.

It's enough for a family because the portion sizes are like 4 chips.

Military grade

This one is funny to me because the military commonly goes with the lowest bidder. So I take it to mean that "military grade" is absolute garbage made by the lowest bidder.

Tbf, a family-sized (now party-sized) bag of Doritos does contain a day's worth of calories (2250) for a single person. I can't keep them in the house, they call to me.

I miss the old military surplus stores. 2/3 of the stuff was cheap crap, but every now and then you'd find something insane. I had this flat periscope, it was designed to go up through a slot on the roof of a tank. You could easily stand on it, and it wouldn't have broken.

A “family size” bag of Doritos is not sized for a family.

It should be the size of a family.

When I see "military grade", I think "use it once to blow somethink up"

Cereal is worse. I used to get regular sized. Then I got family sized. Now I try to hold out for “mega sized” for myself

Like "Natural strawberry flavor". Made by cooking wood shavings in alcohol. No strawberry was harmed in the process.

Or like Sebastian Lege did it in one of his shows: He mixed a number of acids to make "Banana Flavor". Or when he talked about "natural smoke flavor", which is a byproduct of producing charcoal, and the company he visited claimed they produce several thousand tons a year...

Natural flavors: not synthesized from petroleum... probably.

Does this look like a man who's had all he can eat?

"Unlimited data" Limited down to 2G speeds.. 😠

Cholesterol-free is such a bullshit label anyway because dietary cholesterol doesn't do anything special to your own cholesterol. You are not a chicken and the egg yolk will not go directly to your bloodstream. Your blood has human cholesterol that you made yourself from the rest of the sugars and fats you ate, digested, converted, stored, and reeconverted.

"Nitrate free! *except for that found naturally in the shitload of powdered celery we put in there"

"Sugar free" is such a red flag, you know they are going to go crazy with the artificial crap. I try to eat less sugar but the same goes for alternative sweeteners, plus I can't stand the taste of them. I look for "Sugar free" so I know not to buy it, that shit's going to be disgusting.

No idea who downvoted you, some dude who refuses to believe that? I didn't believe that until I met someone in the food industry and they were like "Oh yeah, that's just to make you believe it's real stuff". Turns out, McDonald's Patties with 100% Real Beef relies heavily on that with, who would have guessed. The rest is sawdust filler material, but hey at least some portion of it is 100% real beef.

The one that gets me is the cat treats that list their flavors as "With Chicken." Like, that's the back half of the sentence, where's the front half?

Get him a stick

When he break it. He now have 2 stick

When he have too many stick.

Go get new stick. It free.

Indestructible toys are a catch 22, anyways. I found a couple of toys my old bud couldn’t destroy but he got bored of them very quickly. All of the satisfaction comes from the destruction.

We just started getting him soccer balls from 5 Below. Cheap enough and big enough to last a little longer.

Only two things ever last in my house. Beef femors and nylahide chewable. Everything has a lifespan of minutes.

You're dog has fuckered up eyes

"Deodorant" itself, it's just perfumes to mask the smell for a bit. What you want to prevent sweating is antiperspirant

In Australia they changed it so ISP's have to say what the typical evening (peak congestion) speed is.

Same thing with "Cheese"

Cheesey, Chee-z, The Chees-iest, any variant of that and it's not real cheese. Cheese is a regulated term. It's not just qWiRkY marketing, it's designed to distract you from the very fake product you're consuming.

Spraying it into my eyeballs in tears YOU BASTARDS

I can't see this product without thinking of astronaut Chris Hadfield. He tells a story of going blind in space, because they apply a surfactant to the inside of the EVA helmet as an anti-fog coating, it's basically a mix of oil and soap. And a drop of it got in his eye, while in a spacewalk, it stung and his eye slammed shut and began to tear up, and because zero g, tears don't fall, so it just pooled in his eye socket until there was enough tears for it to spill over the bridge of his nose into the other eye.

"Now we use Johnson's No More Tears, Which is what we should have been using from the beginning."

I feel like in that case it's more like "We now double-check this food wasn't made in the same area as foods with gluten". Cross-contamination can be a pita for celiacs

Someone already mentioned the shared facilities thing that can lead to cross contamination. Another reason is: gluten-containing products aren't intuitive. Soy sauce, malt vinegar, a lot of sauces and seasonings, most canned soups(where I live,) and some cheeses contain gluten.

https://xkcd.com/641/

Oh yes, so many products claim this pointlessly.

Gluten free beer, corn chips, ketchup, fruit snacks, dairy products, etc.

Flavored dish soap is kinda wild in general. Yes, I want the things I eat and drink off of to all taste vaguely of chemical lemons.

The default should be plain soaps and plain dish detergent. Some are so potent that the scent sticks to the dishes even after washing, and unfortunately, the food too. Especially that dawn spray soap.

This is such bullshit manipulative marketing, similar to when companies will put out an ad saying something like "ONLY $1.99/MONTH" in large, bold letters and then below it have tiny fine print saying "for the first month, then $420.69/month".

"Free of dyes. Soft pear scent.". Boom. Done. Not only is it short, but it's clear and accurate. Almost nobody cares if it's "clear" as long as it's dye-free.

that's fucking infuriating

• as compared to one standard economy roll last produced in 1967

Trying to verify a chicken's hymen is 1.) archaic, 2.) unscientific, and 3.) not your business.

The eggs have never been caged since they left the chicken

How do you humanely kill someone who doesn't want to die?

Also the plastic-free ones that only degrade in industrial processes.

We had a huge push here about waterproof vs waterresistant. "waterproof" means you can drop it into like, 12 ft of water for some crazy amount of time and it'll be fine. Water Resistant is a much more flexible term like "If you use it outdoors and a drop of water gets on it you should be fine. Of course, no average consumer knows the difference and so they assume water resistant means water proof.

This. In our city, many people put their organic waste into plastic bags (which are labeled as biodegradable) because they are sold at many stores. However, after doing a tour through our recycling facility, they told us they don't have the equipment to properly compost it.

Pla filament does actually biodwgrade in a regular household compost. It just takes years

PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoates) is a truly biodegradable plastic (ASTM D6691Marine Biodegradable). Some bacteria naturally make it. The stuff I have is very bendy/rubbery so its not really a PLA alternative plastic though if you need something stiff/hard.

Another plus is that it doesn't need a heated bed so it uses less electricity to print with.

GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA!

Same with BPA free. There are like 200 chemicals in that family, BPA is just one, they just switched to another chemical.

"With" is doing some heavy lifting there.

Marginally less environmentally destructive than the previous version

I don't see an issue with this, things can be an improvement over their previous version and they would be new on release.