On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:40:48 +0000, Lee says...
Post by LeeThe Cincinnati-based team of scientists
traveled to Iowa last August after three
fire stations requested their help out
of concern that their workers were being
exposed to diesel exhaust.
We can save MILLIONS by simply NOT doing something.
"Do not eat" - Found on desiccant packets, which are often included to keep products dry.
"For external use only" - Common on lotions and creams, but it raises questions about what people might be tempted to do!
"Remove before flight" - On tags for certain items, like parachutes or safety equipment, which seems a bit obvious.
"Caution: Contents may be hot" - On coffee cups, because apparently, some people need a reminder.
"Not a lifesaving device" - On pool floats, just in case someone thinks they can use it as a flotation device.
"May contain traces of nuts" - On packages of nuts, which is a bit redundant.
"This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease" - On many supplements, which makes you wonder
what they are actually good for.
"Keep away from children" - On items like adult toys or certain cleaning products, which is a necessary warning but can sound
funny out of context.
"Shake well before use" - On products like salad dressings, which can lead to some messy situations if not followed!
These directions often highlight the absurdity of certain situations or the need for companies to cover themselves legally,
leading to some amusing packaging reads!
And the pièce de résistance...
Don't breathe diesel fumes.
There... millions saved.
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"Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition
All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.
"Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike
of Donald Trump, to the point at which they will abandon all logic and reason."
Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into
three distinct phases or stages:
"In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm,
as if 140 characters were all it took to change the world."
"The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting
solely of hyperbole."
"As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality."
The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk opposition from liberals to anything and everything
Trump does. If Trump announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would suggest he was up to something
nefarious, according to the logic of TDS. There's nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be received
positively by TDSers.
The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early 2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was
a punch line for late-night comics and nothing more.
Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first coined by the late conservative columnist Charles
Krauthammer back in 2003. The condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people
in reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay - the very existence of George W. Bush."