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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

"ethically sourced," "free range" amongst others for meat and dairy products.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 8 points 20 hours ago

At this point, everything the meat and dairy industry claims.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 14 hours ago

"Safe and secure" when it comes to digital transactions. Everything is logged, stored, and saved somewhere where they very often have absolutely fuck all in terms of security and then all that shit is hacked or leaked or otherwise compromised. But its okay, because the government will force them to give you 1 whole year of another bullshit service that does absolutely fucking nothing to protect your data or identity.

[–] DaMummy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"No tears" is just a play on the English language. It doesn't mean your eyes won't tear up and let water out, it means your hair won't tear into pieces.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I remember L'oreal Kids shampoo commercials (like 25 years ago) very specifically showed kids happily wiping suds out of their eyes when "NO TEARS!" showed up on the bottom of the screen, clearly to exploit this misunderstanding

[–] VeganBtw@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

I think they really meant no crying tears, because we had the bottle with French on it and it said "pas de larmes" :

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 12 points 1 day ago

FREE^*^

^*just^ ^pay^ ^£9.99^ ^shipping^

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago

"AI increases productivity"

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Very specific, but pre-sharpened straight razors (think Sweeny Todd) are not that. They're still pretty sharp, but not sharp enough to shave with.

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[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Natural", because there's no legal definition of it (at least, from my research in American law).

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[–] karashta@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago

"Green" products in general

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago

More and more I'm seeing blatant lies in marketig, which wasn't as prevalent a few years back - at least not through mainstream advertising companies.

Don't get me wrong, these companies, products and adverts existed since the beginning of the internet but we're usually shunned enough by advertisers that you'd only encounter them on sites that... couldn't use your average advertising networks. Say, porn sites. Which, to be fair, are still chock full of "grow your dick 6 inches in 12 days" kind of ads...

But the fact that Facebook, Google, Amazon, and even Microsoft are getting away with pushing the exact same scam ads - but now wrapped in almost reputable looking companies' branding - is what I find blood-boiling.

Every single social media is now full of this crap. If it's not dick growth pills, it's magic anti-hairloss solutions coming from some sketchy manufacturer in China that disappears within 3-4 weeks (and of course they upcharge for the "3 month guaranteed success or your money back" guarantee), the various dietary supplements, most of which are absolutely unnecessary for most people but they'll push it with absurd claims, or the workout apps that promise to take you from BMI 40 to visible abs in 12 weeks, or the various dropshippers that sell "miracle" inventions that are available literally on Amazon for a fraction of the price (and even cheaper on AliExpress), or the sham weight loss products, I could go on.

I just find it insane that previously respectable companies are now milking the snake oil "business" so hard and nothing is being done against it.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

"Organic" produce, like there could possibly be another kind

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 18 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 hours ago

"Ribbed for her pleasure"

[–] Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Keto friendly". There's a guy on YouTube who shows the effects of different foods on his blood sugar, and one brand of supposedly "keto" tortillas had almost the same effect as white bread.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago (5 children)

"Fat Free", example: cooking spray. It's literally fat in a spray can. "Vegan Leather", it's plastic. And vegans are not consuming plastic.

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[–] NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The "Natural Flavors" ingredient in the U.S.

Just because something claims to have natural flavoring for strawberry, doesn't mean it actually comes from strawberries.

Something "vanilla" flavored may actually come from chemically processed wood pulp, or even the anal castor sacs of a beaver.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/the-truth-behind-the-clean-label-myth-what-natural-flavoring-really-contains/ar-AA1RSQBb

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