• @xiaOP
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    5720 days ago

    ELI5: “Up to 100” means “<=100”. So 0% still falls in that range. Could even be negative (counter-productive).

  • @emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2320 days ago

    I don’t remember what it was but I read something recently that said “up to 30+” and I had to reread it a few times

    • Malgas
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      720 days ago

      Yeah I’ve definitely heard “up to [amount] or more” used in advertising. Which is just completely meaningless.

    • @xiaOP
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      320 days ago

      “…on your car insurance.” Gets me every time! :)

  • @MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    920 days ago

    “up to 100% effective” just means it’s almost guaranteed not to be 100% effective except by accident in very rare cases lol

    • @coffee_whatever@lemmy.world
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      620 days ago

      9 out of 10 dentist recommend!*

      *in a questionnaire where we ask dentist which tooth paste brands they recommend, and every one of them recommended multiple!

  • @PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works
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    520 days ago

    Did something change in advertising law in the US in the last few years? I feel like ive been seeing this specific phrase in advertising more and more lately.

    • @xthexder@l.sw0.com
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      420 days ago

      I don’t think anything changed. This isn’t a false statement depending on the product. As long as there’s some single rare scenario where it could be 100% effective, they’re not lying. Really it’s just to make you feel a certain way even if the sentence doesn’t actually say anything at all.

    • @w2tpmf@lemmy.world
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      320 days ago

      The fight scene is one of the best ever, and inspired the Cripple Fight in South Park (which is an almost perfect recreation of the scene.)

    • Farid
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      220 days ago

      I knew you were a hexbear user because:
      a. you used an inline image in your comment
      b. you used that image

      What the heck is it, what’s the origin, and what is it supposed to mean? Looks like some Philips CD-i game.

        • Farid
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          320 days ago

          Woah, didn’t think I would guess the CD-i thing.
          Wonder who downvoted me and why.

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            320 days ago

            Not Hexbear. There’s no downvote function in Hexbear except the sort-of-joke use of this emoji: downbear

            • Farid
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              320 days ago

              Yeah, I saw that there are very few downvotes on hb posts and assumed they are disabled for the instance. But I do still see some downvotes. Are those coming from other instances?

                • Farid
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                  320 days ago

                  I usually see downvotes on comments that go against hexbear. Maybe bears with accounts on multiple instances.

      • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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        420 days ago

        What the heck is it, what’s the origin, and what is it supposed to mean? Looks like some Philips CD-i game.

        • it is “morshupls”

        • Morshu is a shopkeeper character from Link: The Faces of Evil

        • It’s generally used to convey someone giving an overly verbose and possibly asinine explanation “Morshu Explains” see also :pronouns:

  • @xthexder@l.sw0.com
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    320 days ago

    I think this meme has the images backwards… He should be taking off the rose-tinted glasses, not putting them on.

    (Yes I know they’re sunglasses and not rose-tinted)

    • @xiaOP
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      2020 days ago

      In John Carpenter’s 1988 film They Live, Hoffman lenses are depicted as special sunglasses that allow the wearer to see hidden messages and the true nature of their environment. When the protagonist, Nada, puts on these glasses, he can perceive the concealed presence of aliens and view subliminal messages such as “OBEY” and “CONSUME,” which are otherwise invisible to the naked eye. The lenses serve as a symbolic tool for revealing the film’s critique of consumerism and social control.

    • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      820 days ago

      Xia already gave you the quoted explanation for why you’re wrong, but everyone should watch the movie They Live, at least once. It’s a riot of a movie.

      Fun fact: the Southpark episode “cripple fight” with that long ass fight between Timmy and Jimmy, their fight scene is a near blow for blow reenactment of a fight scene in They Live, between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David.