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"Flushable wipes"; "dishwasher-safe"; "odourless" - What are some other blatant lies that companies get away with? (lemmy.world)
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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 97 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)
  • "Up to..." when used to describe things like internet speeds
  • "Wholesome" when used to describe food. Not really a lie, per se, but "wholesome" has absolutely no meaning when it comes to nutrition and just sounds good
  • "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).
  • Any time you see "free" there's always at least an implied asterisk
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"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.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

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

I feel exactly the same way about “a fraction of” especially when it’s “a fraction of the price”, because 99/100 is a fraction, as is 100/100.

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