henke on 10/3/2011 at 14:34
Some of those sound simply like the people who produced them had a sense of humor ("Avoid Death", "Do not eat iPod"). Most of them sound like the makers have gotten sued for those exact things and then been forced to place those warning labels on their products. But I'm not sure why they're calling out the deer crossing sign. Those signs are just warnings that deers usually cross the road in that area. Or am I missing something?
madwolf on 10/3/2011 at 14:52
Personally I like the idea of writing cheques with a vanishing marker.
I have a paint stripper that warns me not to use it as a hair dryer. Thank god I read the label.
fett on 10/3/2011 at 17:12
I don't know but that mouse rollover to raise and lower the comment box is the most fucking annoying thing I've seen on the web since pop up ads.
demagogue on 10/3/2011 at 17:46
Quote Posted by henke
Most of them sound like the makers have gotten sued for those exact things and then been forced to place those warning labels on their products.
It's even simpler than this. Courts often won't allow an injured person to get compensation categorically if there's a label, so they just make the inevitable calculation, add a sentence warning to the label for negligible cost and avoid million dollar liability risks or at least the cost of putting together a case. The math does itself.
And yes, it's usually because they either have already gotten sued for these things or did studies and realized they were viable risks. In 100 million uses, it only has to apply to one person to pay off in spades. The labels are only as stupid as actual people, so that's who we're really laughing at.
st.patrick on 10/3/2011 at 20:41
That 'Deer crossing next 8 miles' is fairly reasonable. Deer and other wild animals follow certain routes and often cross roads in very specific areas.
PeeperStorm on 10/3/2011 at 21:08
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demagogue on 10/3/2011 at 22:05
Yeah translated labels are great. One of the perks of living overseas is the endless supply of lols.
I remember one, maybe on that site, like -- Warning: Forest infested with bear.
Then there was a crude drawing that looked like a guy in a bear suit. So funny.
Aja on 10/3/2011 at 22:27
Not sure why they're making fun of the teflon thing. I had no idea that Teflon fumes were poisonous to birds until my cousin's bird died one night when she left a pan on the stove by mistake.
And I don't know if it's just bad wording, but do the forbes people not understand what a car windshield sunscreen is for?
