"Natural", because there's no legal definition of it (at least, from my research in American law).
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"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.
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
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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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.
Does it just mean "sharpened to the point you can use your regular re-sharpening device"?
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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.
"Green" products in general
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.
I believe wood pulp but aren't beaver anus glands expensive?
"Fat Free", example: cooking spray. It's literally fat in a spray can. "Vegan Leather", it's plastic. And vegans are not consuming plastic.
Vegan often refers to more than dietary restrictions.
To be honest, most pepple doesnt consume leather nowadays either. Its usually plastic or a weird processed gluey mulch spread in leather shape and then dried
Some of the things I see labeled fat free or low-fat just blow my mind because sometimes it's a product that generally mostly if not entirely fat. Like what is in it then? Olestra?
Tic tacs were allowed to say they were sugar free despite being almost pure sugar, because they weigh like nothing so each 'serving' was under whatever the legal limit of "theres sugar in this" is
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100% recyclable!
Like, sure in theory. But if the facilities dont exist its useless. Most things are recyclable in theory.
I saw a TikTok of a guy saying that eggs have a code on the carton stating what farm they were from. The guy went to a grocery store and nearly every carton had the same code, regardless of advertising free-range, or no hormones.
Note: I did not verify if this was true but it wouldn’t surprise me.
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These are not blatant lies in Australia. There are new AUS/NZ regulations dictating flushable wipes must be made of very easy to disperse paper and not plastic like in other countries. Plastic "flushable" wipes are banned.
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I see a lot of food with Gluten-free labels having wheat flour as the first ingredient in the list.
They must mean wheat starch or some other derivative where the gluten has been removed?
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