Things along the range of:
“Checklist - 1. Ensure that the thing is on.”
I’ve seen stories of people who just don’t get it and need their hands held all the time, so what are things where you kinda feel that things are a bit too “hand-holdy”?
“New study finds ‘Trickle Down Economics’ has not trickled down in any way over the last
304050 years”Some economist please corrcxt me if I’m wrong, but: Trickle down may not work. However, trickle up should.
If you do say, UBI, people will spend the stuff. And the money will go to the big players. They’ll buy their food at Walmart. Or meds at Target Pharmacy. Or get a loan at JP Morgan.
Unlike, say Walmart, who won’t buy their huge private jet collection from the swathes of less-than-well-off people across all of America.
So even if UBI made people lazy, even if it made people less productive, the money will still disproportionately end up in the hands of the rich.
“Do not wash hands with boiling water”
During my time there, two people broke the rule.
Written on a window: “Please use door ->”.
The window only goes down to waist height, it doesn’t even look like a door. I really want to know the story behind that sign.
Troubleshooting tips on the inside lid of a washing machine.
Problem: Washer does not start.
Possible Cause: Lid is open.
Solution: Close the lid.And so on.
I recently bought a scale for weighting food and had a good laugh reading the manual when I saw “not to be used for illicit substance trade”. I imagined some small time drug dealer reacting “damn it”.
I have a very nice scale that is accurate to 0.1 g and updates very rapidly, because I’m a coffee nerd, and need the precision to accurately dose my espresso. But one of the jokes in the community is that the only two groups of people that need scales like these are coffee people and drug dealers…
To give a quick highlight, because this case is often politicized and misrepresented:
The plaintiff, Stella Liebeck (1912–2004), a 79-year-old woman, purchased hot coffee from a McDonald’s restaurant, accidentally spilled it in her lap, and suffered third-degree burns in her pelvic region. She was hospitalized for eight days while undergoing skin grafting, followed by two years of medical treatment. […]
Liebeck’s attorneys argued that, at 180–190 °F (82–88 °C), McDonald’s coffee was defective, and more likely to cause serious injury than coffee served at any other establishment.
So, the lawsuit never demanded McDonald’s to put a warning that you’re not supposed to spill hot coffee on yourself. It argued that it’s an unnecessary safety hazard, because the coffee was served at hazardous temperatures.
No matter how many warnings you put down, it can happen that someone spills coffee on themselves and they shouldn’t need to be hospitalized from that.
“Don’t flush gloves down the toilet.” I think I might still have a picture I took of the sign somewhere.
Yep, rubber gloves specifically
I once took a photograph of a pack of batteries that stated the warranty didn’t cover sudden battery discharges due to acts of God, or something like that.
