This product may contain nuts.
While that doesn’t seem like a shocking revelation for a bag of Peanut M&M’s, for some reason it’s still written on the packages nutritional information. And, according to MSNBC, this isn’t the dumbest warning label ever to be put on a package.
5. The product: Nytol Sleeping Pills
The label: “May cause drowsiness”
4. The product: Razor Scooters
The Label: “This product moves when used”
3. The product: A Vidal Sassoon hair dyer
The Label: “Do not use while sleeping”
2. The product: Dremel Multipro’s rotary tools
The label: “This product is not intended for use as a dental drill”
1. The Product: W.H. Collins’ Vanishing Fabric Markers
The Label: “The Vanishing Fabric Marker should not be used as a writing instrument for signing checks or any legal documents.”
What do you think, Lovelies? Do companies need to put labels like this on products to protect themselves from law suits? Or should they be able to put more faith in people’s intelligence? Have you noticed any redundant/weird warning labels on things you use?
rose / 812 posts
LMAO i love #2 … sad thing is that to have these labels, people needed to have done some stupid shit.
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I did laugh a bit, but yes.
Simply because… “They don’t make them like they used to!” Hence, people aren’t as intelligent as they once were.
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The hair dryer is because some people do sleep with them… My strange addiction had a lady on there… Although people don’t really care.. if they are addicted to something. They’ll do it anyways… until they notice its an issues. Idk.
lmao I love the scooter one. XD
lily / 5148 posts
@kersed@xanga - I second that.
OP:
That’s why dumb labels exist nowadays, because people, to put it bluntly are stupid. It may seem stupid and silly to us..but to the rest of the world..not so much.
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@MyFaire@xanga - i was about to mention the “my strange addiction” episode where the lady sleeps with her hair dryer
daffodil / 1622 posts
i dont think its funny. :S
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My favorite is that windshield covers have the label “Do not use while driving.”
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peanuts are legumes, not nuts.
in spite of this, there may be traces of actual nuts in the m&ms.
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for the m&m’s that is more understandable because its for allergy purposes. they say it on all their products. the other ones yeah a little bit too oblivious
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lol They only have these warnings because people do these things and then sue the companies. Do you know why microwaves have labels? A lady gave her dog a bath, put him the microwave to dry, and killed him.
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I don’t find these really stupid because they HAVE to put them there because morons will sue for anything these days
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Remember the woman who sued a coffee company for not labeling a caution “HOT!”? And the dude who sued McDonald’s for making him fat?
…Yeah. Enough said.
rose / 853 posts
It’s really funny when you remember that those specific warnings are all put there because someone used it wrong and sued. LOL!
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@MyFaire@xanga - LOL, I was just going to mention that. Although that’s not the weirdest addiction I’ve seen on that show, I was still pretty appalled by it. It’s just odd that anyone would even think to do that.
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lol..people sure are retarded
!! @YOUNGiQUEaZN@xanga -
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Yeahhh… unfortunately we live in a world full of sue-happy people. That’s why these ridiculously dumb labels exist.
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LOLOL “Not intended to use as a dental drill.”
BAHAHAHA, I wonder what dumbass did that to make them put that label there?
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@Masked_Melody@xanga - Ahaha its not the weirdest, that’s for sure. and yea, it is. I’m just glad she wanted help… && didn’t want her kid to be like that.
@YOUNGiQUEaZN@xanga - Didn’t someone sue also red bull? because it didn’t give them wings? XD One of my friends told me that… cuz I remember they use to just say “Read bull gives you wiings” now they say its to keep you awake and stuff…
I know someone also sued axe… they wasted a year on all of the products and got pissed that women weren’t falling all over him (like what you see on t.v) and he sued axe… xD God those products smell bad.
hydrangea / 92 posts
@kaos_calle@xanga - That is an excellent point. I, personally, am not a fan of any nuts or peanuts for that matter and tend to forget there is a distinction between the two. So, thank you for brining that up!
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hahahahah i love it.
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The hair dryer one got to me. Quite funny. LOL
hydrangea / 70 posts
I was looking at mattresses on the Ikea website the other day and they all say “do not tumble dry” on them =’D
orchid / 105 posts
As stupid as some of these labels may seem, you have to think – if there is a warning label for it, someone has done it. For example, the McDonald’s coffee cup that says, “Warning: Coffee is HOT” came from a lady who sued them because she let her 15 year old grandson drive her to the drive thru for some coffee, and when driving away, he hit the brakes, and she spilled her coffee.
Always remember the quote “The mistake that people make when trying to come up with something foolproof is underestimating the ingenuity of the fool.”
SO don’t get mad at the companies. Shake your head at the fact that people have been so stupid that they HAVE to make them.
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i am sure there are people who used it and sued them for insanely large amount of money…
orchid / 189 posts
For number 3 I saw a lady on some show where she slept with her hairdryer. Weird.
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The sad thing is… Someone had to have done all that stuff in order for it to get on a warning label.
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Rofl “do not use while sleeping” xD
sunflower / 403 posts
very amused with this post
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People are idiots. Those labels are written there for a reason.
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they’re idiotic but necessary. you wouldn’t have thought a cup of coffee would need a “caution: contents are hot!” but some complete jackass sued and won because she thinks coffee should be lukewarm.
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The razor one was the funniest!
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They put those lables on because someone stupid tried to do those things the warning labels suggest against doing.
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Hahaha.
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hey some americans do obvious stupid shits to hurt themselves and the sue the companie
i’m surprised the warning labels aren’t 200 words long haha
sigh~
ex. mcd’s warning hot beverage labels
it’s there cuz someone sued
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Makes you wonder what people have done with the products…
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Pahhahaha I’m sure they only put those warnings because someone has sued them when it happened to them… I’d love to meet those people – life must be hilarious!
tulip / 23 posts
lol!
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People are too stupid. I’m sure each of these labels exists because some idiot somewhere sued them for not telling them on the label “Don’t use while sleeping.”
hydrangea / 87 posts
the dental drill thing was the one that got me .that’s terrible.. and terribly funny!
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My straightener. ‘Warning: do not stick hot plate in eye.’ That’s just brutal.
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number 2 kinda seems reasonable for like….crazy people! LOL jk…
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There’s always going to be that one dumbshit that uses it as unintended, or gets ill off peanut M&Ms (allergic to them, we’ll say), and tries to sue the company. And the company will always be at fault, because you can’t argue people’s intelligence. I say they are necessary – and pretty funny to read.
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My friend has a lipbalm that says ‘Warning: Do not apply around eyes.’ Makes me laugh every time.
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I mean, yes, they are dumb and some of them happen to be funny. But you know as well as I do that if they didn’t put those labels, some one (looking for attention or money, etc.) would try to sue them.
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Depends what is deemed ‘reasonable’ by a court of law, at least where I’m from. Sadly, for these warning labels to appear on these packages, perhaps a court somewhere did find it reasonable for a person to not expect sleeping tablets to make you drowsy etc, which surely reflects the intelligence level of that particular society. That or these businesses are needlessly cautious.
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HA. I love these things
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On the Midol label, it says you shouldn’t use that product if your prostate is swollen.
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LOL @ the one about the drill.
Yes, some people are really stupid and that’s why we have such stupid warning labels.